slow learner: law student gives the wrong answers at Bonds jury voir dire

One prospective juror got up Monday and said he would find it difficult to be fair and impartial while rendering a decision about a great athlete like Bonds.
“If you grow up in San Francisco, you’re a Giants fan,” said Scott Ito, a second-year student at the University of San Francisco School of Law. “I think Giants fans just want closure. Right now, I think what baseball and the Giants are doing is trying to turn their back on Barry Bonds a little bit because they don’t want the taint of whatever might happen. But at the end of the day, Barry Bonds was a Giant for a long time — whether he did steroids or not. He’s still going to be a Giant. We just want it to be over.”

The correct answer to "Can you be fair and impartial, accept the law as I give it to you, and decide the case without bias, passion, or prejudice?" is YES.


h/t William Rhoden, NY Times, March 21, 2011