A possible reason for no jurors selected has occurred to me

[orangecrush]

As I'm sure it has to many here.

What person with no strong political convictions would want a target painted in their back and their families for the MAGAT lunatics?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. That's exactly why I would excuse myself.

[jimfields33]

2. Who has time to sit in a court room for two months?

Even retirees have lives. Typically cases are a week.

[Basic LA]

4. Maybe Manhattanites feel safer,

with Trump having always been nothing but a big joke in that borough.

[Doodley]

3. Good point.

[Ocelot II]

5. A lot of people try to get out of jury duty even for routine cases.

It takes up a lot of time, and if you aren't paid by your job for the time, it can be a financial hit. There can be health reasons, child care problems, all kinds of reasons for avoiding jury duty. If the case is complicated or controversial the trial will take longer. And if the defendant is Trump or one of his lackeys you might be targeted in some nasty ways.

[Jirel]

7. Voir Dire takes time.

In a somewhat spicy criminal trial where I was second chair, it took half a day to pick a jury. When I was last called up for jury duty where they had 2 criminal cases pending, it was nearly half a day. For a case where you have a massive celebrity that is either idolized or despised, with massive controversy and a need for more than usual alternates, it’s going to take a while. That’s normal and perfectly fine.

[Ocelot II]

8. I've only ever been involved in jury selection in civil trials,

and even those took awhile. You can use up a couple days on it if the case is at all complicated.

[Jirel]

6. Inaccurate.

As of a bit ago, 6 jurors are cleared. It’s going slow with a remarkably large jury pool because it’s hard to get anyone who’ll honestly say they can be completely impartial. That’s fine. They’ll get their jury plus a bunch of alternates. Lots left to go.

[honest.abe]

9. This is just the first pass so technically no one has been officially chosen.

The final 12 and alternates will selected on the second pass.

[Towlie]

10. If the Jan 6th insurrection is shown to the jurors they'll think "They could be coming for me next!"