Automated process for conducting jury voir dire

The United States Constitution guarantees citizens the right to trial by an impartial jury in all criminal prosecutions and in certain civil suits. See U.S. Constitution, Amendments VI and VII. The process used by trial courts to select jurors is called "voir dire." The term "voir dire" is French and literally means "to speak the truth." The voir dire process is used to determine whether particular persons are "qualified" to sit as jurors, whether such persons' schedules enable them to sit as jurors and then whether or not they are "suitable" to sit as a juror on a particular case. An automated system and process for conducting jury voir dire comprising an automated juror qualification test and assignment of report date and summons issuance, an automated process for requesting, reviewing and approving/rejecting requests for exemption from jury service and requests for deferral of the report date, and an automated juror suitability test.