Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

The National Law Journal (June 16, 2008) in an article by reporter Tresa Baldas, reports an increasing number of cases where judges restrict the use of certain words in criminal prosecutions. The article Hot-button words are iced in court says that a steadily increasing number of courts across the United States are prohibiting witnesses and victims from saying certain words in front of the jury such as "rape" or "victim" or even "crime scene." In white collar criminal cases words…

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Clarence Darrow was comfortable using poetry in his arguments. He, like most other lawyers of that period, could quote literature, scripture and poetry as part of their trial skills. On July 21, 1924, the case of The People against Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb was heard in Detroit. Here’s one of the poems Darrow quoted in theirdefense by A.E. Housman (1859-1936) from A Shropshire Lad: "Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your…

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I’ve enjoyed a website created by Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri – Kansas city School of Law. The site,Famous Trialspresents background information, photos, transcripts of trials and information about some of the more famous trials in this country. The site indicates that it has been his project since 1996. There is something to be learned from trials like the ones Linder reports on and I recommend the site.Lindbergh Kidnapping trial 1935 "The Trial of the Century…

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