Systems and methods for conducting jury selection research

A method of conducting a jury selection training exercise for a user based on mock trial data, the method comprising:

• presenting a juror pool data screen for an initial pool of potential jurors;
• indicating, on the juror pool data screen, members of the initial pool who have been struck for cause;
• indicating, on the juror pool data screen, members of the initial pool who have been struck using a peremptory strike;
• presenting a probable jury comprising members of the initial pool not struck for cause and not struck using a peremptory strike;
• presenting a stricken jury comprising members of the initial pool struck for cause or struck using a peremptory strike;
• presenting jury deliberation results to the user, the deliberation results comprising a decision made by each juror of the probable jury and each juror of the stricken jury.

Computer code for conducting a jury selection training exercise for a user based on mock trial data, the computer code comprising:

• code for presenting juror data for an initial pool of potential jurors;
• code for providing juror questionnaire response data for members of the initial pool, the questionnaire resembling as closely as possible a questionnaire that would be given to a venire during an actual trial;
• code for allowing the user to strike members of the initial pool for cause, in a manner that resembles as closely as possible a manner in which members of the venire would be struck for cause during the actual trial;
• code for allowing the user to make a predetermined number of peremptory strikes of members of the initial pool, the number of peremptory strikes permitted corresponding as closely as possible to the number of peremptory strikes that would be permitted at the actual trial;
• code for assembling a probable jury comprising members of the initial pool not struck for cause and not struck using a peremptory strike;
• code for assembling a stricken jury comprising members of the initial pool struck for cause or struck using a peremptory strike;
• code for presenting jury deliberation results to the user, the deliberation results comprising a decision made by each juror of the probable jury and each juror of the stricken jury.

Computer code for conducting a jury selection training exercise for a user based on mock trial data, the method comprising:

• presenting a juror pool data screen for an initial pool of potential jurors;
• indicating, on the juror pool data screen, members of the initial pool who have been struck for cause;
• indicating, on the juror pool data screen, members of the initial pool who have been struck using a peremptory strike;
• presenting a probable jury comprising members of the initial pool not struck for cause and not struck using a peremptory strike;
• presenting a stricken jury comprising members of the initial pool struck for cause or struck using a peremptory strike;
• presenting jury deliberation results to the user, the deliberation results comprising a decision made by each juror of the probable jury and each juror of the stricken jury.

A system for conducting a jury selection training exercise for a user based on mock trial data, the system comprising:

• a client computer configured to present juror pool data for an initial pool of potential jurors, allow the user to strike members of the initial pool for cause or using a peremptory strike, and present jury deliberation results to the user;
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• a database server configured to store the juror pool data and transmit the juror pool data to the client computer,
• wherein the deliberation results include a decision made by each juror of a probable jury comprising members of the initial pool not struck for cause and not struck using a peremptory strike and each juror of a stricken jury comprising members of the initial pool struck for cause or struck using a peremptory strike.