Kristi Harrington
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Crafting A Closing Statement That Gets Jurors Talking (opens the original)
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Aclosing argument is the bridge between trial and deliberations. It is the attorney's final opportunity to shape how jurors interpret the evidence, evaluate competing narratives, and discuss the case in the jury room. The most effective closing arguments provide jurors with a framework for reaching a verdict, helping them understand how the evidence supports a particular outcome. Experienced trial lawyers often describe the closing argument as one of the most important persuasive moments of a tr
The Clock On The Wall Is Part Of Your Trial Strategy (opens the original)
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Every trial lawyer has a story about the juror who nodded off after lunch or the panel that returned a verdict shortly after coming back from a break. Most of us treat those moments as courtroom folklore. We should not. Reading a thoughtful article by Jeff Bloom in Temple Law's Advocacy and Evidence Resources prompted me to revisit something I had observed for years, first as a trial judge and later while watching mock jury deliberations. Courtrooms run on human cognition, and human cognition ru
How Strong Trial Themes Shape Jury Decisions (opens the original)
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In a previous article, we discussed “how to place a value on a life” from Robert Tyson’s Nuclear Verdicts: Defending Justice for All. One of the suggestions, “get to know the decedent,” also applies to trial theme development. A trial theme tells a larger tale, going “beyond the facts and witnesses to paint a story of what really matters.”1 It serves as the framework through which jurors interpret evidence and shapes their overall perception. As IMS colleagues wrote, “Jurors are always going to
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