Struck jury

A struck jury is a multi-step process of selecting a jury from a pool. First, potential jurors are eliminated for hardship. Second, jurors are eliminated for cause by conducting voir dire until the pool is exactly the size of the final jury plus the number of peremptory challenges available to each side. Then the two sides exercise their peremptory challenges on the remaining pool, usually alternating. The source article adds that this procedure has its roots in ancient common law heritage. The method differs from selecting jurors one at a time because the whole qualified pool is fixed before either side uses its peremptory strikes. This entry restates the lead section and does not go beyond it.