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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Who Wants A Perceived Liar On The Stand? Not You!

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People aren’t very good at detecting liars. Studies show that people’s hit rate for detecting lies (54%) is slightly above pure chance...

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Put “Truthiness” To Work For You—At Trial!

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The value of visuals in trial work is well established, in that images emphasize and clarify testimony or evidence. However, new re...

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Do You Like Me?

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Likeability shouldn’t matter in the courtroom. A lawyer’s personality should be irrelevant. The facts should be paramount, should be the o...

Friday, June 29, 2012

The Enduring, Maddening CSI Effect

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In my ongoing research of what jurors think and how they decide cases, I read umpteen blogs, posts and articles authored by those who ha...

Friday, June 1, 2012

Arrogance 101: Dump It!

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Recently, R. Allen Stanford, the onetime Caribbean banking tycoon, was found guilty of investment fraud by a jury on 13 of 14 criminal co...

Friday, April 27, 2012

Can Visuals Interfere With Your Argument/Testimony?

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Our world has become a ‘world-in-pictures’ with virtually everything translated into a visual format, or at the very least, accompanied ...

Friday, March 30, 2012

The Power of Privacy: Juror Questionnaires

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You would think that potential jurors, knowing full well that their written juror questionnaires will be scrutinized by the lawyers on bo...

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