10 KEY CONCEPTS FOR JURY SELECTION
The Washington State Bar Association publication, NW Lawyers, has just published an article I wrote on jury selection in its February 2016 issue, Volume 70, No. 1. Here is a link to the article. NW ARTICLE
HOW YOU ASK THE QUESTION INFLUENCES THE JUROR’S ANSWER
Those of you who read this blog know my appreciation of the website The Jury Expert. http://www.thejuryexpert.com/ Mykol Hamilton and Kate Zephyrhawke published an article at the website: “Revealing Juror Bias Without Biasing your Juror…” which is worth reading. Their research and that of others demonstrates that the form of the question lawyers ask jurors can, and often does, pressure people into underestimating their own bias. They point out that such questions can drive the juror bias mentally underground by exerting social desirability pressure…
BIAS & PROSPECTIVE JURORS
I have long been a fan of the website The Jury Expert: http://www.thejuryexpert.com/ One of the research papers it has published is: “The Ubiquitous Practice of ‘Prehabilitation’ Leads Prospective Jurors to Conceal Their Biases.” authored by Mykol Hamilton, Emily Lindon, Madeline Pitt, and Emily Robbins from Centre College. This article explores juror bias and focuses on the effect of efforts to emphasize the significance of lack of bias by the judge and attorneys. It primarily examines the effectiveness of the emphasis on…