What are you doing now?

March 17, 2009

What if “common sense” means the application of the senses as is common? What if the senses have now been enhanced by artificial cybernetic means? If the cybersphere has become an extention of “wetwear” memory, isn’t it “common sense” for a juror to Google? It just comes naturally to the growing swell of Wireless Gen (and older!) jurors. When the features and system of Google transmogrified to a verb denoting “accessing data” it illustrated our cybernetic enhancement and adoption of articifial systems as self.

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The Jurors Can’t Tell You Why

March 12, 2009

If you want to know what influenced your jurors to make up their minds all you have to do is ask them… not! It’s a common and dearly held belief that a good question will unlock the juror’s head and they will be able to tell you exactly when they came to their epiphany, what provoked the sudden clarity, and why the scales fell from their eyes. Sorry… it ain’t so.

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The Peremptory Challenge

March 5, 2009

The utility and fairness of peremptory strikes has been the subject of discourse in the media, within blogs, and post jury selection in courtrooms and law offices of late. Opponents cajole that peremptory strikes are often capricious, discriminatory and patently unfair to the venire persons subject to the process.

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Influence and Gender

March 3, 2009

One would think that jurors seem to be ready to endorse the credibility of a woman who embodies and demonstrates the leadership qualities described above, yet the persistent negative gender stereotypes directly affect juror perceptions of credibility.

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Are National Events Affecting Jurors?

February 20, 2009

When things go very wrong or very bad for a large number of people, it can have a significant effect upon the way they and others close to them think, feel and behave. How might this affect jurors and verdicts?

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Witness Preparation At LSI

December 11, 2008

There are few things in life more stressful for a person than the weight of testimony under oath and at the hands of a skillful and unfriendly advocate. Effective witness preparation improves the witness’ ability to respond to questions, control the level of detail in their answers, creates a narrative that is the context of all testimony, reduces the witnesses natural anxiety and self protective reactions, heightens jury perception of their level of likeability, knowledge and credibility, educate the jury on key background issues and show conviction in their responses.

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Jury Research At LSI

December 11, 2008

LSI’s jury research methods provide a clear view of your case facts, theory and witnesses as seen through the eyes of jury-eligible individuals in jury-like settings.

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