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Jessica Brylo
Jan 26, 20155 min read
Holmes (Aurora Theater Shooting) Jury Selection Q&A
With the Holmes jury selection underway and the whole world watching, I thought it relevant to tap into some of the issues that are...
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Jessica Brylo
Apr 7, 20132 min read
Do You Really Win or Lose Your Case In Jury Selection?
It’s been said many times that you win or lose your case in jury selection. But is this really true? Is jury selection so critically...
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Jessica Brylo
Sep 6, 20122 min read
Jurors United? Something to Consider During Jury Selection
The jurors in the Drew Peterson case are drawing some media attention. While it seems to be out of a movie (Runaway Jury, in fact), the...
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Jessica Brylo
Aug 15, 20122 min read
What To Do (And Not Do) With Short Voir Dire Time
Voir dire time in many places is now limited to 15-30 minutes (if you get attorney-conducted voir dire at all!). Aside from filing...
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Jessica Brylo
May 20, 20122 min read
Where You Are Losing Leverage With Preponderance
Preponderance is one major foundation of all civil lawsuits. If jurors truly made their decisions on the basis of more likely right than...
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Jessica Brylo
May 7, 20122 min read
Maximizing your Budget for Voir Dire
The more I am called in to help attorneys with jury selection, the more I realize their money may have been spent better elsewhere. Am I...
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Jessica Brylo
Feb 6, 20122 min read
How to Use “Herd Mentality” to Your Advantage
As advanced as humans are, we are still primitively just mammals belonging to a herd. Animals and people stay in herds because it...
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Jessica Brylo
Jan 12, 20123 min read
What Do Jurors Care About?
Do you ever feel like jurors decided your case randomly or based on something other than the evidence you presented? It’s highly...
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Jessica Brylo
Nov 1, 20111 min read
Have a Little Faith…In Jurors
I often come across attorneys who have trouble trusting jurors. I can’t blame them – it’s hard to give up control over your case to the...
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Jessica Brylo
Oct 22, 20112 min read
Detecting Lies During Voir Dire
There have been many studies done on lie detection and the results are often disheartening. Most of us, including police officers, fare...
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Jessica Brylo
Aug 18, 20112 min read
Do Jurors Get “Poisoned” During Voir Dire?
Attorneys are often worried about asking questions in voir dire that elicit responses that are harmful to your side of the case. For...
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Jessica Brylo
Jun 19, 20112 min read
Group Dynamics & Jury Selection
When you are selection (or de-selecting) jurors, it is easy to focus on individual jurors to the point that you forget about how jurors...
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Jessica Brylo
Apr 14, 20111 min read
Useless SJQ Proposed in Criminal Trial
It still astounds me how unaware the court system and some attorneys are regarding juror bias and prejudice. In this article (click for...
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Jessica Brylo
Mar 6, 20112 min read
Being Transparent During Voir Dire
Attorneys often make the mistake in voir dire of failing to be honest with jurors. I often see attorneys try to hide bad facts or spend...
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Jessica Brylo
Feb 2, 20113 min read
Dealing with the CSI Effect
You may have heard of the “CSI Effect.” It is a more recent phenomenon that is so named because it is caused in good part by television...
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Jessica Brylo
Jan 25, 20112 min read
Dealing with Juror Misconceptions
The law is daunting. Half the time, attorneys don’t even understand what legal writings mean and yet every day, we ask lay persons to...
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Jessica Brylo
Jan 23, 20113 min read
The Art of Voir Dire
Some cases end after jury selection – you’ve either set yourself up to win or lose the trial. But the result normally does not revolve...
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