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Apr. 14, 2009
Visual Effects
Graphics can help deliver more effective opening statements and closing arguments by easing the introduction of complex information, writes G. Christopher Ritter.
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By G. Christopher Ritter Bad opening statements tend to be littered with phrases like, the "sacred right to a jury trial" and "dates back to 1215," as well as references to King John's work on the Magna Carta (an event with which most American jurors are not familiar and about which they don't much care). By the same token, bad closing arguments tend to be a repetition of opening statements (with the tense changed from "we're going to...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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