Law Brief®: Trial by Jury - With Richard Lomuscio and Richard Schoenstein
These are stressful times, and there are many reasons to expect that your jury pool in the near future is going to be a little stressed out. In the article, “The Pandemic Juror,” (Wilson 2020) a University of Tennessee law...more
Gov. Newsom has signed Senate Bill 592 (“SB 592”) into law. Effective next year, SB 592 requires jury commissioners across the state to include anyone who files state taxes in the pool of prospective jurors. Currently,...more
We are, of course, still in the midst of the pandemic, and if the question is, “How are people feeling about that?” there is not just one answer. There isn’t even a good answer that can be accurately expressed as an average....more
As I write this, a crowd of Trump supporters is entering the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to attend the President’s first mid-pandemic rally. In other parts of the country, and at opposite ends of the political spectrum,...more
If your jurors are dug in on questionable beliefs, that can matter in how they view your case. Maybe they think that every large company puts greed over lives. Perhaps they believe that every officer is always telling the...more