What Is Voir Dire?

by markwieczorek on March 18, 2010

in Uncategorized

When people respond to a jury summons, they gather at the court house to form a pool of potential jurors from which they are called in groups for specific criminal or civil trials.

There they are questioned by attorneys for each side and/or the trial judge about their background, life experiences, and opinions to determine whether they can weigh the evidence fairly and objectively.

This process is called voir dire, an Anglo-French term meaning “to speak the truth.”

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