Comments on: Worst Jury Selection Advice Ever: Don’t Listen

By: Defending People » Jury Selection: Simple Rule 2: The Blind Date Rule

Defending People » Jury Selection: Simple Rule 2: The Blind Date Rule — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:03:10 +0000

[...] before you. They know each other’s names, they have a pecking order, they have inside jokes. If you diss one of them, you’ll offend all of them. (If, on the other hand, you show respect for one of them, they’ll all appreciate it.) Before [...]

By: Defending People » Jury Selection: Simple Rule 14: The Atticus Finch Rule

Defending People » Jury Selection: Simple Rule 14: The Atticus Finch Rule — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:21:47 +0000

[...] and “sir” and “please” and “thank you”, and listen when someone else is speaking. At least until the jury has given you permission to do otherwise, [...]

By: Mark Bennett’s “Nike Rule” for jury selection (and 15 others) [updated 8/24/09] « West Virginia Criminal Law Blog

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:28:58 +0000

[...] Shrek Rule dictates that the lawyer should, rather than trying to shut up (or, God forbid, not listen to) the people who have views that would be unhelpful in jurors, draw those people out and encourage [...]

By: Dennis Elias

Dennis Elias — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:22:43 +0000

Your voir dire is your first and only chance to make a good impression. Acting rudely, dismissively, or inattentively provides solid fodder for jurors in their formation of their impression of you… and you only have one chance to make a good impression. While you can profitably use the “adverse” venire person as a foil and jumping off point to ferret out like minded others, it is rather unprofitable to provide that juror with a revolving soap box as it eats up the time you should be using to address other potential jurors. I’m solidly with Mark on this one.

By: Mark Bennett

Mark Bennett — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:22:42 +0000

Overgeneralizing is always a problem. This is a strange loop.

By: Jigmeister

Jigmeister — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:32:03 +0000

Explain

By: Rage Judicata

Rage Judicata — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:28:55 +0000

“The problem is over generalizing.”

Bullshit. The problem is NEVER over generalizing,

By: Podcast 90: Mark Bennett, a criminal defense lawyer from Texas on the jury and the art of advocacy « Charon QC…the blawg

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:42:55 +0000

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By: Jigmeister

Jigmeister — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:04:06 +0000

Your reaction to a juror response kinda depends on the reaction of the rest of the panel. If lots of others are nodding in agreement, you have to follow up in order to determine who else agrees and then modify your examples to bring the better ones back to you. If the statements are so far out that it appears the juror is just trying to get struck, then after a respectful thankyou, not much follow up is needed. The problem is over generalizing. Each situation may dictate a different approach.