The best and only way to shift your jurors' focus away from your client and onto your case is to make your case, from opening statement to closing, about the jurors themselves, not your individual client. Only by persuading your jurors that this could have happened to anyone -- even the jurors themselves -- will you convince them to ignore how they feel about your client. Your jurors may not want to give your client justice, but no juror wants to deny themselves justice, even by proxy.
From 2005 to 2015 this blog presented news items and resources relating to trial advocacy and the legal system, with a focus on Washington State. It was developed to support the Trial Advocacy Program at the University of Washington School of Law, but broadened to include appellate practice, the courts, access to justice, and related topics. It is no longer active.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
When Jurors Discriminate
When Jurors Discriminate is the jury tip of the month from jury consultant Harry Plotkin.
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