United States v. McVeigh

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the parties' comprehensive voir dire, including two sereening questionnaires, individual questioning by the court, and questioning by both counsel, produced an impartial jury
• noting that 352 prospective jurors were summoned prior to voir dire to fill out an extensive questionnaire in the capital trial of Timothy McVeigh
• holding emotional impact testimony harmless because it “could not have affected the outcome of the trial”
• noting that “the district court went to great lengths to admonish all potential jurors to ignore the publicity surrounding the issues of the case”
• noting that presumed prejudice is 24 “rarely invoked and only in extreme situations”
• permitting a family member's testimony regarding a particular coffee cup and wedding ring which served as a constant reminder of the murder and loss of the victim

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