by JA TEAM | Oct 5, 2021 | Trial Law
Arizona is the first state to eliminate peremptory challenges in all jury trials. The new law comes after a petition from a group of appellate judges and has recently been approved by the Arizona Supreme Court. The law is set to take effect on January 1st, 2022. What...
by Jury Analyst | Mar 18, 2021 | Jury Selection, Focus Group, Trial Law, Voir Dire
Every law student learns about Batson v. Kentucky, the landmark 1986 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that a prosecutor cannot strike potential jurors based on race in a criminal trial. That principle was later extended to civil litigation, with the Supreme Court...
by Jury Analyst | Oct 22, 2020 | Jury Selection, Focus Group, Law Profession, Plaintiff Trends, Trial Law, Voir Dire
Jurors’ Perceptions of the Jury Selection Process and Why It Matters The most experienced attorneys know that jury selection can make or break your case. It does not matter how much you prepare for the trial or how great your evidence may be, you can still lose...
by Rory Delaney | Dec 24, 2019 | Trial Law
Over the last decade, more than one million Americans have been the victims of gun violence. In 2019 the United States witnessed 372 mass shootings according to the latest statistics from the Gun Violence Archive. That means on average there was one mass shooting per...
by Jury Analyst | Sep 30, 2014 | Jury Selection, Law Profession, Trial Law
My Personal Story People often ask me how I got into my profession, and the best way I can put it is that I stumbled upon it, by accident really. I was 13 years old, being raised by a single mother with an 8th grade education, who worked two jobs making minimum...
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