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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 445672" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Janet don't throw tomatoes at me but you asked so here goes. Jury consultants are used all the time. Dr. Phil was a jury consultant and that's how Oprah met him because he was hired to help pick the jury in her "beef" case. husband has used them for some of his cases. Some attorneys also hire "shadow jurors" who sit in the courtroom and listen to the testimoney and tell the defense attorney what they are thinking so the attorney can get into the mind of the jurors. husband has hired people to act as jurors in a mock trial where they present the evidence and see the jurors reaction. They then adjust their case accordingly.</p><p></p><p>In the end jury consultants can only do so much because each side only gets so many peremtory challenges. They can't keep kicking people off the jury without cause. The judge often allows jurors on that either side would rather not have.</p><p></p><p>I think the bigger problem is the jury did not understand circumstantial cases and obviously had a misunderstanding of what evidence they needed. They were told not to leave their common sense in the courtroom but to take it into the jury room. I think the jurors need to be better prepared and be encouraged to ask qurstions. They are not encouraged to ask questions, in fact they are discouraged from doing that now.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 445672, member: 59"] Janet don't throw tomatoes at me but you asked so here goes. Jury consultants are used all the time. Dr. Phil was a jury consultant and that's how Oprah met him because he was hired to help pick the jury in her "beef" case. husband has used them for some of his cases. Some attorneys also hire "shadow jurors" who sit in the courtroom and listen to the testimoney and tell the defense attorney what they are thinking so the attorney can get into the mind of the jurors. husband has hired people to act as jurors in a mock trial where they present the evidence and see the jurors reaction. They then adjust their case accordingly. In the end jury consultants can only do so much because each side only gets so many peremtory challenges. They can't keep kicking people off the jury without cause. The judge often allows jurors on that either side would rather not have. I think the bigger problem is the jury did not understand circumstantial cases and obviously had a misunderstanding of what evidence they needed. They were told not to leave their common sense in the courtroom but to take it into the jury room. I think the jurors need to be better prepared and be encouraged to ask qurstions. They are not encouraged to ask questions, in fact they are discouraged from doing that now. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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