Jury selection not a side show, it’s the main event
With the world watching a live video feed of the proceedings on the 18th floor of the Hennepin County Government Center, selecting a jury to decide the fate of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin might seem like tedious minutia setting the stage for the courtroom drama to come. After nearly 50 years analyzing juries, Diane Wiley says that would be a mistaken assumption.