Is Voir Dire used when selecting the Jury in the UK?
No, voir dire is normally used to determine the basis of a plea (of guilty), in circumstances where it is disputed. In the UK (England & Wales at least) there is no jury selection to all intents and purposes. As to the process: Jurors are selected at random from the electoral roll. There are a very limited number of persons who are automatically exempt (lunatics, those in prison etc.) but the automatic exemptions are now very few (Judges and barristers are not exempt, for example). Jurors then assemble at the court building and are given a vidoe screening of what to do and where to go. Each day, a group of about 24 are trooped into courtroom and the clerk of the court stands and reads the first 12 names which come to hand from the cards in his hand of all the pool of potential jurors. As each is called they take their seat until all 12 are full. Jurors can excuse themselves on the basis that they know the defendant or a witness (i.e personally) or one of the advocates. If the trial is
