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russellbeattie t1_jedoip7 wrote

Reply to comment by PoniesRBitchin in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489

> The trial is where the same jury who voted to indict a person will now hear evidence

This is incorrect. Grand juries decide on multiple cases during their term of service (6 months to a year), determining if there's enough evidence in each to indict. Then they are released from service.

70 days is for federal courts and is regularly extended.

Once a trial begins, a bunch of random other citizens are summoned creating a pool of potential jurors, then each side gets to dismiss a certain number that they don't like and whoever is left becomes the trial jury.

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lo_and_be t1_jedq53t wrote

Came here to make that correction.

Also, finding an impartial jury in this case (if it ever makes it to trial) will be literally impossible

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dbratell t1_jedsmr6 wrote

They will probably have to settle for people that knows that being an a-hole isn't automatically the same as being a criminal. Big risk of a hung jury though, with one or another sneaking in with a hidden agenda.

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