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One such issue may be a Sixth Amendment challenge arguing that the jury venire does not sufficiently reflect a fair cross section of the community.—Opinion Staff, Oc Register, 10 May 2026 This panel, known as the venire, is randomly selected from public records, typically from lists of drivers license holders or registered voters, Sharon Fairley, a professor from practice at the University of Chicago Law School, told McClatchy News.—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024 In the alternative, the defense wants a jury brought in from another area, called a change of venire.—Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr, charlotteobserver, 29 May 2017
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Etymology
earlier, "judicial writ ordering jurors to be summoned," short for venire facias