Sharon is called for jury duty and is selected for possible service on a jury. however, when the defendant's attorney sees her, he learns that she is from a farm family. both the defendant and the defendant's attorney dislike farmers, so they strike her name from the jury. in this case

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Emilio

10 July, 14:06

Sharon is called for jury duty and is selected for possible service on a jury. however, when the defendant's attorney sees her, he learns that she is from a farm family. both the defendant and the defendant's attorney dislike farmers, so they strike her name from the jury. in this case

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Jakob Chaney · Answer 1

In this case, there is a bias present among a member of the jury, and members of the defense side. Because of this, Sharon will not participate as a jury member in this particular case because it could possibly effect the way the trail will go.