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Read MoreGive Jurors Time to Think During Jury Selection
You know that jury selection can be the most important part of your trial, because it’s your only chance to uncover the views, attitudes, or life experiences that potential jurors will bring into the deliberation room. If you don’t uncover their negative views and beliefs during jury selection, you’ll be stuck with a juror who is biased or prejudiced against your client, and your client won’t get a fair trial. How will you uncover those biases and prejudices? With the...
Read MoreHow to Capture Important Details During Jury Selection
Moments before you’re about to begin a one-day jury trial, you suddenly realize that you don’t have anything to write with. Fortunately for you, I’ve got some spare pens that I’m happy to give you. You have two choices: Choice #1: My gold-plated Mont Blanc Bohème Doué, or Choice #2: Two of my 99¢ Pilot P-500 pens (one red, one blue) Whichever one you choose is yours to keep, no strings attached. Which would you prefer? “Wait a second,” you’re probably thinking,...
Read MoreComparison of Jury Selection Improvement Efforts
“Over the past two decades, the American jury system has become the focus of unprecedented interest by the legal community and by the broader American public. Some of the interest is in response to criticisms about the continued utility of the jury system. The rate of civil and criminal jury trials has steadily declined in recent years, eclipsed by non-trial dispositions such as settlement, plea agreements, and summary judgment. Proponents of the jury system, on the other hand, have maintained that trial by...
Read MoreJury Selection Practices Vary Widely Across the Country
In South Carolina, voir dire in a civil trial typically lasts 30 minutes, a breeze compared with 16 hours in Connecticut. If you’re trying a case in Rhode Island, there’s a good chance you will question jurors individually, a rare occurrence in North Carolina. And count on Arizona’s jurors to submit questions to witnesses — but don’t waste your time worrying about this if your trial is in Mississippi. To learn more, check out this interesting jury selection article from...
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