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THE PANDEMIC AND JURY PERSUASION

THE PANDEMIC AND JURY PERSUASION

Jury research regarding the effect of the pandemic on the thinking of jurors regarding damage cases indicates the following general attitudes: 1. Jurors’ distrust in big corporations and their lawyers can lead to vengeful verdicts. The very divisiveness of a big corporation-versus-the-individual case is driven by anger. There’s a perception rooted within the jury that a corporation has only one goal in mind: money. 2. Attention spans are shorter, leading to jurors paying less attention to lengthy testimonies and complex…

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