Is it indeed routine to ask prospective jurors if they are aware of the term?
Anecdata: I can see how it might be possible, based on my own jury duty callup last month. Hundreds in the waiting room, when individual trials did "go to jury", a secondary lottery chose from the hundreds a batch of more than 60 to go for interview. So, the lawyers would be further weeding out some 80%.
> Is it indeed routine to ask prospective jurors if they are aware of the term?
It probably varies, but it isn't routine where I live. I've been called for voire dire and subsequent selection a few times, and haven't ever been asked about nullification.
(I think the majority of people get excluded based on whether the trial's schedule would be an unreasonable hardship/imposition, voluntarily disclosed conflicts of interest, etc.)
Anecdata: I can see how it might be possible, based on my own jury duty callup last month. Hundreds in the waiting room, when individual trials did "go to jury", a secondary lottery chose from the hundreds a batch of more than 60 to go for interview. So, the lawyers would be further weeding out some 80%.