Jury is a court of law consisting of a randomly selected group of citizens who hear evidence and make decisions in criminal or civil cases brought by the United States Government, or by an individual State or local jurisdiction. Jurors must have a mental capacity sufficient to understand the facts and evidence presented in the case and are obligated to follow the judge’s instructions when they decide the case.
Jurors must listen to opening statements and closing arguments from attorneys representing the parties in a trial and then consider the evidence that is introduced by both sides in the case before them. In some cases the jury retires to discuss and weigh evidence and then renders a decision. The jury system is used in the United States and in most countries whose legal systems derive from the English common law.
While the individuals in the venire have a variety of personal goals (some want to be on a jury, others may be interested observers), they are united as a group by their desire to do the job and be part of the process. In other words, the venire is a group that you are trying to get to like you (or at least not dislike you). This Rule is based on the idea that there are some things you need to say in voir dire and other ways to elicit good information from the venire. It’s a kind of MacCarthy’s Bar rule: Talk in the group voir dire as you would talk in a barroom.