[Craig Hendrickson]

Originally Posted by poncho-mike

(snip) He told me it was because I was an engineer. He said that defense attorneys don't like people who they would consider to be very logical, since they often want to play on the emotions of the jury. He said that prosecutors don't want engineers on cases they are trying where there is a lot of circumstantial evidence. Engineers are reluctant to convict if there are too many unanswered questions.

For several years during the 1980s I dated a smart, female attorney. Your comment is exactly what she said and she had been both a prosecutor and defense attorney. During that time, I was never picked to serve. Engineers are too black and white in evaluating problems or situations.