Jury selection is scheduled to begin on March 8th in the Derek Chauvin case here in Minneapolis. Imagine hundreds of people being brought in to potentially sit in judgment on one of the most closely followed trials on the planet. However, how exactly do you pick an independent jury if everybody has made up their minds before they even get to the courthouse? I guess the first question is, have they? Maybe the second is, really? I will appear on WKBK with Dan Mitchell to discuss exactly how challenging it can be to pick a jury in a high profile case like this.

If you have followed the Chauvin case, you likely have your own opinions by now. Is that good or bad? If you don’t, is that worse? If you are afraid to say, isn’t that the worst of all if you are trying to figure out what is in the heads of potential jurors. These are just a few of many challenges lawyers on both sides face.

As a criminal defense attorney who has picked a lot of juries, I will talk about the challenges and ways to determine which people I want and which I don’t.