The Runaway Jury

I have seen many court room scenes in which the presiding judge asks the members of the jury if they have reached any verdict. They say they have so the judge asks the defendent to rise. And then the leader of the jury finds the defendent either guilty as charged or not.

But I had no idea that an elaborate process exists for jury selection and that both the sides - the plaintiff as well as the defendents - appoint jury selection consultants. But John Grisham's "The Runaway Jury" talks about this and many other things......I know I am going to like this book :-)