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…