system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How a trial is made fair when a criminal case gets broad media attention. How is it possible to pick an impartial jury in cases like the Boston Marathon Bombing?
gpt
It's very very hard, and its one of the reasons that high profile trials take so long. During jury selection, the defense is looking for people that don't really pay any attention to current events, or at least remember very little about it.