ABSTRACT
The procedure of voir dire is an attempt by the justice system to obtain an "impartial jury." The process of voir dire greatly affects the jury. The jury remains an integral part of the American justice system, however. Whenever a jury is employed as a fact-finding body in a trial, the attorneys have the right to question potential members in order to choose those they feel would best respond to their role as juror. The jury is an important factor in the US justice system. Attorneys are allowed to question and remove jurors they feel are partial or would obstruct the justice system in some way. Attorneys have an unlimited number of challenges for cause, but the judge must sustain, or support, each challenge. Jurors who could be excluded on a challenge for cause include those who lie and those who purposely conceal facts pertinent to the trial. Attorneys are entitled to "peremptory challenges".
