Jury selection starts Tuesday in the homicide trial of Michael Rosfeld, the white police officer who fatally shot black unarmed teen Antwon Rose last summer in East Pittsburgh.
Jurors will be chosen in Dauphin County, where Harrisburg is located, before traveling to Allegheny County for the trial, which is set to begin Tuesday, March 19. Rosfeld requested the outside jury, arguing that local jurors could not be fair due to media coverage of the shooting and subsequent protests. Continue reading
Tuesday’s jury selection will flip the script.
Typically, when prosecutors pick a jury, they look for people who are pro-police — who recognize the difficult job law enforcement officers have.
At the same time, defense attorneys often look for the opposite — they might want jurors who have had negative experiences with officers, people who are more apt to question authority.
Mark Calzaretta discusses jury insights related to the Philandro Castile case with Don Lemon on CNN.
Mark Calzaretta tells @MikeJerrickFox29 and @AlexHolleyFOX29 on @fox29Philadelphia that experiences of #Cosby jurors are more important than their racial makeup.
Mark Calzaretta talks Cosby trial shadow jury strategy with @MikeJerrickFox29 and @AlexHolleyFOX29 on @fox29Philadelphia
Mark Calzaretta is interviewed on the topic of jury selection for the Michael Slager trial.
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JAN 01, 2015
by Chris Mondics, Staff Writer
When Mark Calzaretta watches a jury hearing evidence in a high-stakes lawsuit, it isn’t necessarily an impartial panel of citizen peers he sees.
Rather, Calzaretta sees 10 human beings with emotional biases that, if studied diligently, can help lawyers predict with startling accuracy the outcome of a case, often before it is tried.
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By Milton J. Valencia GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 16, 2015
A data management consultant, a state energy regulator, a computer technician, and a banker were among the prospective jurors who were called into federal court in Boston Friday to be vetted for jury duty in the trial of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
But as US District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr., defense lawyers, and prosecutors conducted the second day of questioning of prospective jurors in perhaps the most anticipated trial in Boston’s history, they continued to encounter a common theme: While some said they could keep an open mind, many said they could not vote in favor of a death sentence, even if a jury finds Tsarnaev guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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