Jury selection continued in the Roger Clemens perjury trial on Monday. Criminal defense lawyer Rusty Hardin asked prospective jurors about their feeling about steroids in baseball. In an effort to encourage jurors to share their feeling on the issue, Harden disclosed that he never received as much hate mail as when representing Clemens because of strong feeling regarding the impact of steroids on the game of baseball. Good Massachusetts criminal lawyers understand that Hardin's disclosure regarding his experience in representing Clemens was an effort to encourage jurors to honestly share their feeling on steroids in baseball, which would help the defense uncover jurors potentially hostile to the defense. Prosecutors questioned jurors regarding whether they thought the investigation was a waste of time and money; several jurors indicated that they thought more pressing issues faced Congress and justified the use of taxpayer money.
Experienced Massachusetts criminal lawyer understand that jury selection is critical to obtain a not guilty verdict in a criminal trial. In Massachusetts, criminal lawyers submit questions that the judge reads to prospective jurors. To see the questions submitted in the Clemens' case, click here. The goal of jury selection is to uncover jurors that may be hostile to the defense of the case and to learn as much as possible about each juror so that challenges for cause, referred to as peremptory challenges, can be used most effectively.
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