tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post7571395854373492574..comments2024-01-25T14:51:13.377-05:00Comments on Gamso - For the Defense: Jury Schmury Who Needs a JuryJeff Gamsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-45411176093868001892013-03-16T13:31:29.113-04:002013-03-16T13:31:29.113-04:00Sure. I'm not saying juries always get it rig...Sure. I'm not saying juries always get it right. Of course they don't. But they're the system we chose. And for the most part, the collective wisdom and foolishness of 12 beats the individual wisdom and foolishness of 1. At least, once again, that's the fundamental theory on which we operate.Jeff Gamsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-9008927577922950702013-03-16T12:16:47.939-04:002013-03-16T12:16:47.939-04:00I can't tell you too much about juries, but I ...I can't tell you too much about juries, but I can tell you about people. Which, coincidentally, juries are supposed to be made up of.<br />Fact: The average man is not bright. The average man is doing good to find his way home each night after work. Statistically, juries are made up of average men. Factually, they aren't. Juries are made up of 10 idiots, 1 average man and 1 truly bright individual who is wondering just why he's surrounded by howler monkeys.<br />Fact: It isn't the one point that pushes the jury over the edge. It's a combination of razzle, dazzle, bullshit, brilliance and constant emotional repetition of the main point (he's innocent!) that pushes the jury.<br />Fact: People think Law and Order is real. They think Grisham writes about a real law firm in 'The Firm'. Contradict this and you'll be labeled as a lying, no good bleeding heart liberal lawyer who's trying to get a guilty client off on a technicality.<br />Fact: If the commercials in commercial television didn't work, they wouldn't be aired. Find out which commercials work, watch them, and pattern your presentation to the jury around the commercial.<br /><br />I wish I was a lawyer.Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-60804608597392253022013-03-15T22:09:49.609-04:002013-03-15T22:09:49.609-04:00Well said. Maybe there are other speculators out ...Well said. Maybe there are other speculators out there who can read juries' collective minds, but my experience is that it is impossible (for me anyway) to know just which one-point given to the jury drives the jury over the edge (or which "straw breaks the camel's back") into conviction or acquittal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-17139948331935293102013-03-15T10:26:45.433-04:002013-03-15T10:26:45.433-04:00Gasp! That's awesome.Gasp! That's awesome.nidefatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182341120896265482noreply@blogger.com