The July issue of The Jury Expert is now on-line. There are several items of interest to the trial practitioner.
I was always told:
Tell ‘em what you’re going to tell ‘em;
Tell ‘em;
Tell ‘em what you told ‘em;
Sit down.
But now there’s a different perspective about what is characterized as, “an old trial truism that isn’t very true.”
The Closing Argument: Telling the Future, Not the Past
BY BOB GERCHEN FROM LITIGATION INSIGHTS – JULY 31, 2012
Or how about this: Hero or Hypocrite? BY DANIEL A. EFFRON, PH.D. FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY; A Psychological Perspective on the Risks and Benefits of Positive Character Evidence