More and more states now allow potential jurors to go home after one day if they are not assigned to a trial.

The President's testimony will be transmitted live to the federal courthouse, allowing jurors to pose questions via the prosecutor.

Judge Lynch allowed jurors to see about 15 explicit ones.

His reasoning ultimately helped persuade the Supreme Court to stop allowing jurors to be removed on the basis of race.

And he allowed jurors to go home at night rather than be sequestered.

The experts said a videotaped confession would have allowed jurors to assess Mr. Hart's state of mind more clearly.

The judge allowed potential jurors who felt they could not impartially serve to step forth for a private bench conference with her and the lawyers.

But several participants, it added, expressed concern that allowing jurors to pose questions could disrupt the proceedings or run afoul of evidentiary rules.

But several New York judges said Wednesday that while the practice is extremely rare, they have allowed jurors to question witnesses under certain circumstances.

Courts are very, very reluctant to allow jurors after the fact to change their minds absent truly extraordinary circumstances.