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This document is the Introduction page of a legal filing (Document 614) submitted on February 24, 2022, by the NACDL in Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (the Ghislaine Maxwell trial). The text argues that a fair trial depends on unbiased juries and specifically addresses the controversy surrounding 'Juror No. 50,' stating that he gave untrue answers regarding his own history of sexual abuse victimization during voir dire. The filing emphasizes the difficulty of eliminating bias in sexual abuse cases and the necessity of truthful answers for the judicial process.