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Twittering Voir Dire
by Anne Reed on May 13, 2008 11:14 CDT
There’s a new kind of journalism coming from a Kansas courtroom this week.Click for more | Comments
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Commitment Issues
by Anne Reed on May 7, 2008 14:03 CDT
Is the Fifth Circuit trying to change the way prosecutors talk to jurors?Click for more | Comments
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Jury Notes From Elsewhere
by Anne Reed on May 5, 2008 13:17 CDT
Good things for jury watchers at other sites lately:Click for more | Comments
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Eggs, Milk, Butter, And . . . Darn It.
by Anne Reed on April 30, 2008 09:23 CDT
New research confirms two things. First, I’m not the only one who keeps forgetting that fourth thing I need at the grocery store. And second, I probably won’t get better at remembering it. Translation for lawyers: if you need jurors to keep more than a handful of facts in working memory, you have to give them special tools.Click for more | Comments
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Ready For Anything
by Anne Reed on April 21, 2008 14:23 CDT
In voir dire you need to be ready for anything, and anybody. Click for more | Comments (1)
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Find Jurors' Experiences At Jury Experiences
by Anne Reed on April 14, 2008 09:50 CDT
I wasn't sure about the Jury Experiences web site early on, but I've become a fan.Click for more | Comments
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The Edges Of Vouching
by Anne Reed on April 7, 2008 11:05 CDT
One of the more enjoyable prerogatives of a blogger is to give quizzes. Today's quiz is on the improper practice of "vouching" for a witness's credibility. Here's the line you're trying to draw: it's okay in closing argument to suggest what inferences jurors should make from the evidence, but it's not okay to insert your own credibility by vouching for the credibility of a witness. The classic example of vouching is when the prosecutor says, "I've known this FBI agent for years, and I can tell you he wouldn't lie."Click for more | Comments
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The $1.99 Effect
by Anne Reed on March 28, 2008 13:43 CDT
In civil trials, damages evidence is almost never clear to the penny. Instead, lawyers make judgment calls about the exact amount of damages to ask for. A new study suggests the decision may make more difference than you thought.Click for more | Comments
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When Voir Dire Is About Politics
by Anne Reed on March 19, 2008 10:20 CDT
Federal judge Amy St. Eve of the Northern District of Illinois may be setting a record for total pages of jury questionnaires used by a single judge. She presided over Conrad Black's trial that began a year ago this week, and approved the 45-page questionnaire used there. Now she is hearing the trial of Tony Rezko, best known as a Barack Obama fundraiser but on trial for political corruption unrelated to Obama. Click for more | Comments
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A Narrow, Broad Opinion In Snyder
by Anne Reed on March 21, 2008 09:25 CDT
Back when Snyder v. Lousiana was argued, I wondered whether the opinion might be Justice Breyer's chance "to reconsider Batson's test and the peremptory challenge system as a whole," as he has put it. The Court decided Snyder today (the opinion is here, thanks to ScotusBlog), and far from reconsidering tests and systems, Snyder is one of the most conscientiously narrow decisions you'll ever read. Click for more | Comments
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What I Learned About American Juries In Japan
by Anne Reed on March 14, 2008 11:18 CDT
I learned a lot about Japan on my trip there -- the legal system, the Tokyo subway, the easiest way to apologize. But as I gather my thoughts about it, the first things I want to say are what I learned about my own country -- and more specifically, about American jurors -- by traveling to another place. Click for more | Comments
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St Patrick's Juries
by Anne Reed on March 17, 2008 11:04 CDT
Today is St. Patrick's Day, so I thought I'd write about the jury system in Ireland. It turns out to be a complex and poignant topic. Click for more | Comments
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In Which I Go To Japan
by Anne Reed on March 11, 2008 09:49 CDT
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Things have been quiet here lately, but my excuse is good. I've been in Japan, talking about juries.Click for more | Comments
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Jury Duty Saves A Life
by Anne Reed on March 4, 2008 13:21 CST
Sure, it’s a fundamental bulwark of liberty, the only place in our system where a few ordinary citizens can deny the power of prosecutors, judges, presidents, and legislators. Click for more | Comments
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The Case Of The Troubled Jury Foreman
by Anne Reed on February 28, 2008 13:23 CST
The trial judge thought it was merely glossophobia.Click for more | Comments
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A New Questionnaire, And The Impression It Makes
by Anne Reed on February 19, 2008 10:42 CST
Here's a new proposed jury questionnaire for Deliberations 's collection , from the upcoming federal corruption trial of former Orange County, California sheriff Mike Corona, his mistress, and his wife. Click for more | Comments
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Juries, The Blog
by Anne Reed on February 18, 2008 13:17 CST
There's a new jury blog, a good one. Click for more | Comments
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I Wish I'd Thought Of That
by Anne Reed on February 5, 2008 11:02 CST
Are you reading Mark Herrmann and Jim Beck's Drug and Device Law Blog? If not, you need to start, even if you plan to retire without ever touching a case about pharmaceuticals and medical devices. This week, for example, you missed two good posts about jury questionnaires. Click for more | Comments
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Who Should Stay And Who Should Go?
by Anne Reed on February 1, 2008 16:06 CST
You're a federal prosecutor in Chicago, starting a trial against a Yale-educated, African-American consulting firm executive who used his firm's payroll software to add $68,000 to his paychecks over four months in 2000. The defendant claims he meant to pay the money back. Click for more | Comments
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Catching Up On The News
by Anne Reed on January 31, 2008 13:19 CST
I've been deep in trial preparation, and thus off line, for the last week or so, and I've missed a lot. There are over a thousand stories piled up in my feed reader.Click for more | Comments
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