Modern juries, spoiled by TV and CSI, want to see the evidence not just listen to a talking head describing it. This link takes you to a creation (not a...
Category: Demonstrative Evidence
Zimmerman Opening: Recency
As I wrote in my last post, recency, the last words the jury hears, carries persuasive power. John Guy made the most of it in his concluding sentences: “We are...
Documentaries and Persuasion
PBS recently repeated two episodes of Ken Burns' epic masterpiece The Civil War, and it motivated me to write this post. I started this blog as a place to put...