biased jury
Unfair trial deciders
A biased jury is a jury whose members hold prejudices or preconceptions that prevent fair judgment of a case.
Bias may stem from pretrial publicity, personal connections to parties involved, or attitudes toward certain groups: The defense moved for a mistrial, citing a biased jury.
Jury selection procedures aim to identify and exclude biased jurors.
- prejudicedBiased against a group
- taintedContaminated, made impure
- unfairUnjust or partial
- partialFavoring one side
- swayedMoved or persuaded
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- rights violationsillegal search, unlawful arrest, false imprisonment, coerced confession, unfair trial