I hadn’t realised it was that easy to get out of jury service in the US.
As far as I am aware, you can be as biased as you like in the UK, you still have to serve. We don’t go in for jury selection. It’s just a random draw.
What happens to the excused jurors? Do they go back into the pool for a different case or can they just go home?
Must have been simultaneously incredibly fun for the judge and very difficult. They have to at least try and keep a straight face through it after all.
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