As a court clerk, I am well-versed in the jury-selection
process. First a computer randomly selects a few hundred
citizens from the entire county to report for jury duty on a
particular day. Then another computer assigns 40 of those
present to a courtroom. Then the 40 names are placed in a
drum, and a dozen names are pulled.
During jury selection for one trial, the judge asked potential
Juror No. 1 if there was any reason he could not be a fair and
impartial juror.
"There may be," he replied. "Juror No. 12 is my ex-wife, and
if we were on the same jury, I guarantee we would not be able
to agree on anything."