[PLUG-TALK] Jury duty: read before pondering

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Tue Apr 17 12:48:35 UTC 2018


On Mon, 16 Apr 2018, Keith Lofstrom wrote:

> Hence, the "prosecutor convinces you otherwise" is deeply wrong. It should
> be the EVIDENCE that determines how the jury convinces THEMSELVES, not the
> oratory of a paid shill for the government, appointed by insiders.

   I've been engaged as an expert in litigation several times, and have been
told by the attorneys and other litigators that jury trials are determined
by which side (prosecution or defense) sells the best story to the jury.

   Perhaps this is why some lawyers produce such good mystery novels.

Rich



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