Discuss the ways that attorneys may challenge persons from serving on the jury. During voir dire, ...

o to prevent specific people from serving on the jury. There are two types of challenges. These are challenges for cause and peremptory challenges.
When an attorney feels that a potential juror is unfit to serve, the attorney can exercise a challenge for cause and request that the person not be included on the jury. The attorney must provide a sound, legally justifiable reason why this
o juror is unfit. Some examples as to why a juror is unfit to serve are mental
incompetency, he or she does not understand English, and he or she is linked to one of the parties in the case. Challenges for cause are unlimited.
Attorneys may also use peremptory challenges. These challenges do not require
any supporting reason or cause. These types of challenges are limited and based
o solely on the attorney's subjective reasoning. Each state sets their own limits as
to the number of peremptory challenges each side may use.