Tag: Deliberation

  • Jury Duty and Lessons Learned

    Jury Duty and Lessons Learned

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    Jury deliberations tested my expertise in negotiation and conflict resolution. Legal language like “substantial motivating reason” caused confusion, leading to deadlocks. Some jurors resisted logic outright, while others were too fatigued to argue. The defense attorney’s strategy? Overwhelm us with irrelevant testimony. The plaintiff’s attorney? Frame questions in ways that guaranteed resistance. In the end,…

  • Jury Deliberation and Social Dynamics

    Jury Deliberation and Social Dynamics

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    Jury deliberations split into two camps—pro-plaintiff and pro-defendant—while a shifting group of undecided jurors kept us deadlocked. The pro-plaintiff side argued their case, but the pro-defendant group largely refused to explain their stance beyond insisting the defendant did nothing wrong. In the end, we reached a compromise: a small financial award, not as compensation, but…