As a court clerk, I am well-versed in thejury-selection process. First a computerrandomly selects a few hundred citizensfrom the entire county to report for jury dutyon a particular day. Then another computerassigns 40 of those present to a courtroom.Then the 40 names are placed in a drum,and a dozen names are pulled.

During jury selection for one trial, the judgeasked potential Juror No. 1 if there was anyreason he could not be a fair and impartial juror.

"There may be," he replied. "Juror No. 12 ismy ex-wife, and if we were on the same jury,I guarantee we would not be able to agree onanything."

Both were excused.