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void_dire [2017/01/03 23:53] – [Plaintiffs' Voir Dire Questions] Carlos Pedrazavoid_dire [2017/01/04 09:25] – Adds photo credit Carlos Pedraza
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 Both sides in the Axanar copyright infringement suit have asked for a jury trial, banking on their ability to find jurors sympathetic to their case. Both sides in the Axanar copyright infringement suit have asked for a jury trial, banking on their ability to find jurors sympathetic to their case.
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 +Attorneys submitted their proposed questions to U.S. District Court [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]] on December 30, 2016. The first days of Axanar's upcoming January 31 trial was to be spent on selecting the jury. The process is formally known as //voir dire// (from the French, literally, "to see, to speak"), and it's meant to ensure jurors are unbiased.
  
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 <wrap lo>**PICKING A JURY** [[https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_48|About juries]] in federal civil trials, and how they are selected ([[http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/jurselpro.pdf/$file/jurselpro.pdf|PDF]]).</wrap> <wrap lo>**PICKING A JURY** [[https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_48|About juries]] in federal civil trials, and how they are selected ([[http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/jurselpro.pdf/$file/jurselpro.pdf|PDF]]).</wrap>
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-Attorneys submitted their proposed questions to U.S. District Court [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]] on December 30, 2016. The first days of Axanar's upcoming January 31 trial was to be spent on selecting the jury. The process is formally known as //voir dire// (from the French, literally, "to see, to speak"), and it's meant to ensure jurors are unbiased. 
  
 According to [[http://semanticshenanigans.com|Semantic Shenanigans]] writer and retired attorney Janet Gershen-Siegel, one of the hosts of the popular Star Trek podcast, The G&T Show: According to [[http://semanticshenanigans.com|Semantic Shenanigans]] writer and retired attorney Janet Gershen-Siegel, one of the hosts of the popular Star Trek podcast, The G&T Show: