As attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death screen potential jurors, they're on guard for anything that suggests jurors would help, or hurt, their side.
Prosecution and defense attorneys get a number of peremptory challenges to remove unwanted potential jurors and can also ask the judge to dismiss “for cause.” Here's a look at what those terms mean and how the jury selection process is playing out in the closely watched trial of Derek Chauvin, the former officer: WHAT'S INFLUENCING JURY SELECTION IN CHAUVIN'S CASE?
That can be summed up in one word: Publicity. Widely circulated bystander video of Floyd's death coupled with widespread protests that consumed much of the country in the weeks