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DEALING WITH COMMONLY HELD JUROR BIAS IN JURY SELECTION

DEALING WITH COMMONLY HELD JUROR BIAS IN JURY SELECTION

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People and jurors have commonly held beliefs that are in conflict with our issues in our cases. After decades of the national Chamber  of Commerce, big business and insurance industry propaganda against tort litigation and plaintiff trial attorneys, we can assume that all jurors  have been tainted to one extent or another with anti tort bias. Given the political fighting over immigration, we can assume that representing an immigrant, especially an undocumented one, has issues as does representing Muslims. Then…

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WHAT DO JURORS WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AS JURORS?

WHAT DO JURORS WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AS JURORS?

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Have you ever taken the  time to mentally step into the shoes of your jurors and look at the trial as if you were a juror rather than a lawyer representing a client? We know that  most jurors are asking themselves: “what does the person suing want and what does the other side claim?”  But subconsciously the most basic question they all have is: “what is in this case for me? How does this case affect me, my family and…

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN JURORS NOD AT WHAT WE SAY OR THE WITNESS SAYS?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN JURORS NOD AT WHAT WE SAY OR THE WITNESS SAYS?

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Dr Stanley Brodsky and Dr. Michael P. Griffin PhD from the University of Alabama published an article “When Jurors Nod” that’s worth thinking about. the authors note that the attention of attorneys to a juror is captured when jurors nod their heads. We assume it means agreement  with us.  When an attorney or  witnesses testify, there are often people on the jury nod their heads up and down, some rapidly and some with barely visible movement of the head. The…

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