Roger Clemens Trial Jury Selection: Full Jury Questionnaire

The Roger Clemens perjury trial is in recess until Monday morning after two full days of jury selection. The court has selected 18 prospective jurors for the 36-person pool that will eventually be narrowed down to 12 starting Tuesday or Wednesday. At this point the attorneys are presenting a variety of oral questions to prospective jurors to decide whether they should make it to the knockout round.

As the attorneys works to narrow down the group, they will likely have to bring in more prospective jurors. The court indicated Thursday afternoon that if three more prospective jurors were dismissed before 18 more were selected, the court would need to screen 50 more jurors with the original 82-page questionnaire.

Given the high profile nature of this case, the questionnaire is incredibly long and detailed. Fortunately for us, the questionnaire is available for our viewing pleasure. When the private citizens reported for jury duty this week, they were screen with this 82-page questionnaire. Answers to some of the questions would result in automatic dismissal from the jury for cause. The attorneys are also able to use the answers to formulate their own questions for the jurors. If they see a certain answer that would indicate a prospective juror might be friendly to their cause, they are likely to address it accordingly during the voir dire process.

While a lot of the questions are fairly generic, there are numerous questions related to knowledge of an feelings about Congress, Major League Baseball, performance-enhancing drugs, and even science issues related to DNA and chemical analysis. You can read through all 82 questions below.