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Juries - vetting jurors

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"Vetting" of juries

Attorney General's guidelines

Guidelines issued by the Attorney-General following the ABC Trial: the prosecution may check with the Criminal Records Office that none of the prospective jurors is actually disqualified from sitting, but only in "sensitive" cases can they probe further.

The USA

In the USA extensive questioning of potential jurors is permitted to select a jury that is most likely to be favourable.  This is now computerised allowing advocates extensive background knowledge of the potential jurors (SmartJury)

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