Do I have to answer questions about my religion during jury selection?
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Do I have to answer questions about my religion during jury selection?
Iloilo Jones (Executive Director of Fully Informed Jury Association) gives expert video advice on: What is 'voir dire'?; What kind of questions will I be asked as a juror?; Why do I have to answer personal questions before I'm chosen for jury duty? and more...
If you are called in for jury selection and there is a case that has a religious component, let's say that somebody belonged to a church that, for instance, did not allow its children to receive any medical treatment, and they are charged with neglect. They may ask you if you have ever heard of that particular religion, if anybody in your family belongs to that religion, if you belong to that religion, and I think that those would be valid questions because they probably would prefer not to have people who either thought the religion was cuckoo, or people who were devout members of that religion; either one, from the different sides of the people involved in the trial.