It means a jury of normal everyday people. The courts are not allowed to bring in outsiders who specialize in the law or anything else to decide your guilt or innocense.
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There isn't a Narrator in A Jury of Her Peers.
A Jury of Her Peers was created in 1927.
There is no Amendment that guarantees a trial by a jury of one's peers. The 6th Amendment guarantees the right of trial by an impartial jury, but not of a jury composed of one's peers.
The Sixth Amendmentpeople are mistaken in assuming that they have a right to a trial by a jury of their peers -- they have a right to a fair and unbiased jury from their community. [Court TV - The Vang Case]
Yes, an attorney can be called to jury duty. It is not very likely that he will be seated on the jury, most attorneys don't like their peers on a jury.