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Butter_and_Meatloaf 4 points ago +4 / -0

It's the same reason potential jurors are interviewed by both parties' attorneys. They want people who can be impartial. If the jurors have seen the evidence pre-trial then they might already have made up their minds and also been influenced one way or the other by media or other opinions.

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Ivleeeg 1 point ago +1 / -0

Except in this case he's already released the story of the evidence, just nothing to back it up.