Importance of Jury Selection

As we travel further and deeper into this OJ Simpson case, I realize the importance of the jury and how they can truly make or break the case before they even hit the courthouse. I have also realized that it is a lot more difficult to pick a good jury for your side than most think. In the case of the Dan White, the former San Francisco City Hall Supervisor, he got off a lot easier than most when they commit a double murder. This case wasn't obviously all decided by jury selection but this shows the difficulty of jury selection. The defendants wanted to choose the conservative jury because they may have a bias towards White because he was also a conservative. On the other hand, the prosecution felt that a conservative jury would help their case because conservatives are for the death penalty that comes with a double murder. In the end, he got voluntary manslaughter which resulted in an immensely softer penalty of 7 years. There were a couple jurors in the OJ case that were in the film that we watched that completely stunned me on how much they were missing from the evidence and how little they knew about the evidence. Especially the DNA because that was a key piece of evidence against OJ that was nearly impossible to debunk or defend against. Bottom line is, there is certainly an advantage gained for one side or the other in the jury selection so choose wisely.