Question

Chad Faulstick, a construction worker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is arrested for the premeditated murder of his wife, Charity. Charity, a school teacher in Pittsburgh, was found dead and buried in woods approximately three miles from her house two weeks after she was reported missing by her parents. Given this information, answer the following questions.

Answer 1

Answer:

Option B -- Voir dire

Explanation:

Voir dire is a legal term used for variety of procedures, which is a preliminary examination used to determine the competency of either the witness or juror or both in some cases. It should be noted that, it's usually inform of an oath administered to the supposed witness and juror, of which the absolute truth is expected from him/her to ascertained his/her competency.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. Voir dire

Explanation:

Voir dire is a French word which means to speak the truth.

Voir dire can be defined as the process in which the member of the jury is been selected from the rest of the jurors in order to serve as witness, in which the juror may take an oat in order to say the truth without be biased and he /she must be honest as well as accurate.

Voir dire process is often used by the parties for the purpose of selecting a fair and unbiased jury in which during voir dire, the jury panel is been questioned by the lawyers in which the questions asked are intended to help the lawyers during the selection process of the jury.

Therefore Being a profile case for the city and surrounding area, it is important for the prosecutor and defense to question the jurors to eliminate any bias. This process is called VOIR DIRE