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Oh, yeah, to be sure. Okay. Thank you so much, Sue, for joining us for this week's Roundup. Thank you, Andrea. Well, you might have spent the first few days of 2025 thinking about all the new year has in store. Fun trips, events, new experiences. You probably haven't thought about what you might be called to do. With a new year comes new cases, new trials, and of course, new juries.

So whether or not you've received your jury summons yet, we're talking with jury consultant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Dr. Natalie Gordon. Hey, Natalie. Hi, Andrea. Thanks for being here. So some people, you know, they just don't want to be on juries. It feels like an inconvenience. I, on the other hand, want to do jury duty.

So whether or not you've received your jury summons yet, we're talking with jury consultant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Dr. Natalie Gordon. Hey, Natalie. Hi, Andrea. Thanks for being here. So some people, you know, they just don't want to be on juries. It feels like an inconvenience. I, on the other hand, want to do jury duty.

So whether or not you've received your jury summons yet, we're talking with jury consultant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Dr. Natalie Gordon. Hey, Natalie. Hi, Andrea. Thanks for being here. So some people, you know, they just don't want to be on juries. It feels like an inconvenience. I, on the other hand, want to do jury duty.

You've, Natalie, talked to jurors after trials. I have as well. What do they usually say after they're finished with the trial?

You've, Natalie, talked to jurors after trials. I have as well. What do they usually say after they're finished with the trial?

You've, Natalie, talked to jurors after trials. I have as well. What do they usually say after they're finished with the trial?

So let's run through a general overview of what being on a jury looks like. Of course, this varies case to case, courthouse to courthouse. What can you expect once the actual selection of a jury begins?

So let's run through a general overview of what being on a jury looks like. Of course, this varies case to case, courthouse to courthouse. What can you expect once the actual selection of a jury begins?

So let's run through a general overview of what being on a jury looks like. Of course, this varies case to case, courthouse to courthouse. What can you expect once the actual selection of a jury begins?

Earlier in the episode, we discussed the Jasmine Pace case and how the jurors are being brought in from another county because of concerns about pretrial publicity. They're also being sequestered in a hotel. So how does this pretrial publicity impact jury decision-making?

Earlier in the episode, we discussed the Jasmine Pace case and how the jurors are being brought in from another county because of concerns about pretrial publicity. They're also being sequestered in a hotel. So how does this pretrial publicity impact jury decision-making?

Earlier in the episode, we discussed the Jasmine Pace case and how the jurors are being brought in from another county because of concerns about pretrial publicity. They're also being sequestered in a hotel. So how does this pretrial publicity impact jury decision-making?

So if you are impaneled on a jury and the trial formally begins, obviously you see the evidence, you hear witness testimony, and then you go off to deliberate. What can you expect in that deliberation room?

So if you are impaneled on a jury and the trial formally begins, obviously you see the evidence, you hear witness testimony, and then you go off to deliberate. What can you expect in that deliberation room?

So if you are impaneled on a jury and the trial formally begins, obviously you see the evidence, you hear witness testimony, and then you go off to deliberate. What can you expect in that deliberation room?

Yeah. I mean, a jury room, there's nothing like it because you have such a cross-section of people, different opinions, different ethnicities, different ages. That's what it's supposed to be, right? A cross-section of America.

Yeah. I mean, a jury room, there's nothing like it because you have such a cross-section of people, different opinions, different ethnicities, different ages. That's what it's supposed to be, right? A cross-section of America.

Yeah. I mean, a jury room, there's nothing like it because you have such a cross-section of people, different opinions, different ethnicities, different ages. That's what it's supposed to be, right? A cross-section of America.

If the jury is able to reach a unanimous verdict, you know, it's read aloud in court, your jury duty is over. Have you ever spoken to jurors who have mixed feelings about the verdict that was reached?