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Voir Dire & Jury Selection Archive
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It’s Deja Vu All Over Again: More Thoughts on Doing Effective Voir Dire
by Charlotte A. Morris, M.A.Posted on January 1, 2011 | 6 CommentsVoir dire done well. -
Do We Need Einsteins in the Jury Box? The Role and Impact of Juror IQ
by Alison K. Bennett, M.S.Posted on November 1, 2010 | 1 CommentWhat role does a juror's IQ play in jury decision-making? Are low IQ jurors inherently dangerous to defendants? Do we have a right to have a trial by jury with jurors of a certain level of intelligence or mental health? Juror IQ impacts jury decision-making in several ways, and can... -
The Psychology of Voir Dire
by Matthew L. Ferrara, Ph.D.Posted on November 1, 2010 | 1 CommentHow many times have you debriefed jurors after they rendered their verdict and been surprised by what they told you? In particular, how many times have you had to smile and maintain your composure as jurors tell you about something that played a major role forming the verdict and you... -
What the literature tells us about the jury foreperson
by Traci FellerPosted on November 1, 2010 | No CommentsAs evidence and common sense suggest, forepersons have more impact on trial outcomes than the average juror (Devine, Clayton, Dunford, Seying & Pryce, 2001). For this reason, studying them has interested researchers for decades. This accumulated research knowledge reveals common foreperson behavioral tendencies, traits and attributes, as well as possible... -
Could The iPad Pick Your Next Jury? A Review of the iJuror App
by Ken Broda-Bahm, Ph.D.Posted on September 1, 2010 | 4 CommentsFew electronic devices have inspired the levels of techno-lust witnessed with Apple's iPad tablet. Selling nearly three and a half million of the devices in just the first quarter after its launch, the Apple iPad has also inspired a wave of applications ("apps") seeking to take advantage of the... -
Holy War: Juror Questionnaires for Cases with Middle Eastern, Arab, Muslim or Anyone-Who-Might-Be-One-of- the-Above Parties
by Diane WileyPosted on September 1, 2010 | 1 CommentI remember the first time it happened – we were in a pretty big city in the Midwest, federal court, well before 9-11. Some of the jurors were from outside the city. The defendant was Pakistani and there was a question from the judge (no attorney questioning allowed) about whether... -
Working for Justice in Neshoba County, Mississippi
by Beth FoleyPosted on September 1, 2010 | 1 CommentAndy Sheldon and Beth Bonora discuss trial consulting in this landmark case "Neshoba: The Price of Freedom" is a newly released documentary by Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano that focuses on one of the most notorious crimes of the Civil Rights Era and the long road to justice that followed. The... -
Tattoos, Tolerance, Technology, and TMI: Welcome to the land of the Millennials (aka Generation Y)
by Douglas L. Keene, Ph.D. and Rita Handrich, Ph.D.Posted on July 1, 2010 | 4 CommentsSee the follow-up to this article: Between Coddling and Contempt: Managing and Mentoring Millennials in the September 2010 issue of The Jury Expert. For Baby Boomers, the don't-trust-anyone-over-30 lyrics to "My Generation" by Pete Townshend of The Who (1965) bespoke the generation gap. Pete wrote these lyrics at the... -
The Convoluted Spectrum of White Guilt Reactions: A Review of Emerging Literature
by Alexis RobinsonPosted on July 1, 2010 | No CommentsPsychologists define white guilt as the dejection or compunction that Whites feel when they witness a discriminatory act or observe the consequences of a racist act (Steele, 1990). White guilt manifests itself in common settings and every day interpersonal encounters. Feelings of white guilt may arise from the simplest realizations... -
Emotions in the courtroom: “Need for affect” in juror decision-making
by Desirée Adams and Emily PattyPosted on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment"The law is reason, free from passion." Aristotle's declaration continues to guide the philosophy of our legal system, and it is expected a jury will weigh all evidence equally and without bias before rendering a verdict. However, emotions are intertwined with any human enterprise, particularly decision-making (Forgas, 1995; Kuvaas &...