Juror Recap #1001: Male college student. 21 years old.
Pretrial Publicity: *Has a Facebook (about 245 friends)- hasn't posted anything on it regarding jury duty. *In college so no time for the news. *Knows what blogging is, does not blog. *Doesn't watch Nancy Grace, 48 Hours, etc. *Never seen any TV show or report about the case. *Never heard of George and Cindy Anthony. *Heard at work that jury selection for this case was coming to their county..wasn't active in the conversation. *Hasn't seen/heard anything about the pretrial hearings for this case. *Says he is "not a big news guy". *Most of the TV shows he watches are wresting, Two and a Half Men, etc. *Gets most of his news from word of mouth. *Has a Twitter account (with 20 followers). *Has a YouTube account- only posted 1 video regarding a commercial. *Never been on TV or any reality shows. Used to do acting in his high school drama classes.
Death Penalty Stance: For it. *Believes it's a very serious matter. If it's going to be used, must be used for the right reason. *No religious views regarding it. *Doesn't believe in the saying "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." *Would want to hear all sides before judging. *Believes he can be fair/impartial on the case. *Says he would want Casey to testify at the trial, but would follow the judges instructions.
Misc.: *Never been on jury duty before. *No family/friends in law enforcement. *Currently works at Sears as a sales clerk..has been there 4 years. *No experience with search and rescue dogs. *Never been to any Orlando night clubs. Has been to some restaurants in Orlando inside the theme parks while visiting his dad. *Was the victim of a hit in run in Orlando. Never filed any report. *Likes wresting, Harry Potter books, acting, traveling, going to new restaurants, etc.
Family: *Single. *Lives with his mom and stepfather. *Father lives in Orlando- hasn't mentioned anything to the case about him. *Has a pet bird. No dogs.
Education: *Student at Valencia College. *Studying acting. *Looking to become a highschool drama teacher. *Currently studying for his "general AA". *Plans to transfer and get his bachelors degree in performing arts.
State: Objection for cause because of his bias towards law enforcement and untruthful in his juror questionnaire.
Judge: Cause denied. State uses strike.
Defense: Challenges the strike- says the state is only trying to strike due to age.
Judge: State has a rational basis to exercise their strike. No reason to prevent state of using their strike.
Juror excused.