Perspective
Nov. 30, 2011
When warnings don’t work: Dealing with independent jury research
Combating the problem of independent jury research in the iPhone era. By Ben Davidson of Davidson Law Group
In the classic movie "12 Angry Men," the main character played by Henry Fonda persuaded his fellow jurors in a murder case that the defendant wasn't guilty. In a pivotal scene, Fonda proved that a knife used to commit the murder was not rare, as the prosecutor had claimed - he had purchased an identical knife at a pawn shop during the trial. Perhaps inspired by the movies, jurors in real cases often do their own research, unaw...
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