Government,
Criminal
May 10, 2017
Judges oppose voir dire bill
Assembly Bill 1541, a common sense measure that will improve voir dire in criminal cases, will be heard Tuesday in the Assembly Judiciary Committee. So why do some judges oppose it?
A proposed law promises a simple way to improve voir dire. So why is a group of judges working behind the scenes to kill the bill?
Assembly Bill 1541, authored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, would help weed out biased jurors in criminal cases by requiring prospective jurors to fill out a written questionnaire. It would also allow both prosecutors and defense attorneys to have a minimum of one hour for oral questioning of a potential jury panel. It will be heard Tuesday in ...
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