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OK, let's try a little something new and remember to keep politics out of it. This will be an evolving thread starting with the topic of brilliant statements to which you can either comment, or discuss your own brilliant statement and reasons against it. I'll get it started with something I read on jury duty, and this will turn into a new topic, on a new thread. So, let's get started and see where it goes.
The first brilliant statement is taken from Wikipedia in their attempt to explain the jury system
Brilliant statements - Jury Selection
Jury selection are many methods used to choose the people who will serve on a trial jury. The jury pool is first selected from among the community using a reasonably random method. The prospective jurors are then questioned in court by the judge and/or attorneys. Depending on the jurisdiction, attorneys may have an opportunity to mount a challenge for cause argument or use one of a limited number of peremptory challenges. In some jurisdictions that have capital punishment, the jury must be death-qualified to remove those who are opposed to the death penalty. Attorneys sometimes use expert assistance in systematically choosing the jury, although other uses of jury research are becoming more common. The jury selected is said to have been "impaneled". In three studies legal authoritarianism, attitudes toward psychiatrists, and attitudes toward the insanity defense were examined as predictors of conviction-proneness in insanity defense cases.[1] Some experts believe that 85% of cases litigated are won or lost in the jury selection phase.[2]
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Notice their last line - "Some experts believe that 85% of cases litigated are won or lost in the jury selection phase."
Not that I'm an expert, but I would assume that 100% of cases litigated are won or lost in the jury selection phase.
The first brilliant statement is taken from Wikipedia in their attempt to explain the jury system
Brilliant statements - Jury Selection
Jury selection are many methods used to choose the people who will serve on a trial jury. The jury pool is first selected from among the community using a reasonably random method. The prospective jurors are then questioned in court by the judge and/or attorneys. Depending on the jurisdiction, attorneys may have an opportunity to mount a challenge for cause argument or use one of a limited number of peremptory challenges. In some jurisdictions that have capital punishment, the jury must be death-qualified to remove those who are opposed to the death penalty. Attorneys sometimes use expert assistance in systematically choosing the jury, although other uses of jury research are becoming more common. The jury selected is said to have been "impaneled". In three studies legal authoritarianism, attitudes toward psychiatrists, and attitudes toward the insanity defense were examined as predictors of conviction-proneness in insanity defense cases.[1] Some experts believe that 85% of cases litigated are won or lost in the jury selection phase.[2]
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Notice their last line - "Some experts believe that 85% of cases litigated are won or lost in the jury selection phase."
Not that I'm an expert, but I would assume that 100% of cases litigated are won or lost in the jury selection phase.
