Objective

3.2 To ensure that the jury venire is representative of the jurisdiction from which it is drawn.

Intent of the Objective

Courts cannot guarantee that juries will always reach decisions that are fair and equitable. Nor can courts guarantee that the group of individuals chosen through the voir dire is representative of the community from which they are chosen. However, courts can provide a significant measure of fairness and equality by using methods of compiling source lists and drawing the venire calculated to provide jurors representative of the total adult population of the jurisdiction. Ideally, all individuals qualified to serve on a jury should have equal opportunities to participate and all parties and the public should be confident that jurors are drawn from a representative pool.

Responses To Objective