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Jury selection (Posted on 2003-03-13)

In the jury selection phase of a murder trial, one of the attorneys asked a prospective juror:

"Would you be able to enter a guilty verdict if you knew that such a verdict would condemn the defendant to death?"

The person replied: "No. I beleive that human life is the most important thing, and must be preserved above all else."

The lawyer asked: "So you will hold to this even though it may keep you off this jury?"

"Yes," the person replied.

How did the lawyer know he was lying?

See The Solution Submitted by levik

Rating: 2.5000 (8 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-05-20 01:54:43
Invalid Solution	Dej Mar	2007-04-04 11:08:10
What?	RandyOrton	2004-11-02 14:54:48
okai yea....	Viet	2003-07-11 10:22:42
re: my thoghts and solution	Chaz	2003-05-03 07:46:53
re: Since this is a logic puzzle--not the real world...	Chaz	2003-05-03 07:45:14
Is it this Simple?	Chaz	2003-05-03 07:42:22
Simple solution?	Ryan	2003-03-17 19:13:09
dear levik	luvya2003	2003-03-15 12:55:44
my thoghts and solution	luvya2003	2003-03-15 10:12:02
No Subject	Jacey	2003-03-14 14:09:41
re(2): Two Possibilities	Clark	2003-03-13 14:12:14
re: Two Possibilities	levik	2003-03-13 14:05:02
re(2): Is it a lie?	levik	2003-03-13 14:03:18
Two Possibilities	Clark	2003-03-13 14:02:25
solution	luvya2003	2003-03-13 11:00:28
Since this is a logic puzzle--not the real world...	Charlie	2003-03-13 09:29:34
re: Is it a lie?	Bryan	2003-03-13 08:30:26
First ideas	Alan	2003-03-13 08:06:42

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