Is employment in law enforcement sufficient to prove bias on a jury?
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The following excerpt is from Stokes v. Kiethly, 66 F.3d 336 (9th Cir. 1995):
Because employment in law enforcement is insufficient to demonstrate bias, the magistrate judge did not err by denying Stokes's challenges for cause concerning these venire members' bias. See Tinsley v. Borg, 895 F.2d 520, 525, 529 (9th Cir.1990) (stating that "special deference" given to trial judge's assessment of potential bias; "We will not presume bias merely because a juror works in law enforcement...."), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1091 (1991).
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