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Do unbiased jurors exist in an age of social media?

  • Written by Thaddeus Hoffmeister, Law Professor, University of Dayton
imageIs it possible to have a jury whose members are unbiased?Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

Jury selection that began on Oct. 18, 2021, in the trial of three men accused of murdering unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery has been, according to an NPR report, a “very painstaking process.” That’s because it’s been hard to find jurors who...

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