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Mitigating the Effect of Confirmation Bias During Jury Selection and Deliberation

Jury Analyst

In the previous articles of our series on confirmation bias, aka perception bias , in the legal system, we explored the profound impact of confirmation bias on jury selection and decision-making processes. Trial consultants whose strategies are premised on pseudoscience can lead to ineffective and biased jury selection.

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Strategies to Mitigate the Effect of Confirmation Bias During Jury Selection and Deliberation

Jury Analyst

In the previous articles of our series on confirmation bias, aka Perception Bias in the legal system, we explored the profound impact of confirmation bias on jury selection and decision-making processes. Trial consultants whose strategies are premised on pseudoscience can lead to ineffective and biased jury selection.

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Strategies to Mitigate the Effect of Confirmation Bias During Jury Selection and Deliberation

Jury Analyst

In the previous articles of our series on confirmation bias, aka Perception Bias in the legal system, we explored the profound impact of confirmation bias on jury selection and decision-making processes. Trial consultants whose strategies are premised on pseudoscience can lead to ineffective and biased jury selection.

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A SIMPLE SUMMARY OF TRIAL CONCEPTS

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

In my experience jurors have consistently objected to attorney anger, unprofessional or disrespectful conduct. Mock trials, on the other hand, have a significant risk for inaccurate feedback due to the inability to accurately recreate trial evidence. An important step in trial preparation is deciding how to describe case issues.

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Jury Bias: Uncovering its Influence on Trials

Jury Analyst

In our previous article, Confirmation Bias : The Science Behind its Impact on Jury Selection and Litigation, we explored the concept of jury bias and its profound effects on jury selection and decision-making processes. Pseudoscience is based on subjectivity and intuition rather than objectivity and empiricism.

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The Power of Confirmation Bias: Uncovering its Influence on Trials

Jury Analyst

In our previous article, “Confirmation Bias: The Science Behind its Impact on Jury Selection and Litigation ”, we explored the concept of confirmation bias and its profound effects on jury selection and decision-making processes. Pseudoscience is based on subjectivity and intuition, rather than objectivity and empiricism.

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OBSERVATIONS ABOUT CROSS EXAMINATION

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

GOALS OF CROSS EXAMINATION Lawyers sometimes fail to prepare for cross examination in the same way they do other parts of the trial. They just launch off without any particular objective other than an impeachment they have available. We need specific focused objectives thought out and planned in advance. They get bored.