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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 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
Word History
Etymology
earlier, "judicial writ ordering jurors to be summoned," short for venire facias