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The Trick Question: Prosecutors’ Questions Answered, and Answers Questioned

Mark Bennett | July 22, 2008

The discussion of prosecutors’ pet jury selection question, the “One-Witness-Rule” question, continues. Prosecutor SC asks:

“People who would require more than one witness to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt (for reasons Biblical or pragmatic) are qualified to serve as jurors.â€
Why? Why isn’t this scenario the same as having a juror who would require DNA [...]