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Inside the Robe, A Judge's Candid Tale of Criminal Justice in America

by katherine mader ...

COURTHOUSE CONFIDENTIALTo most people, judges are mysterious creatures. As Anthony Bourdain invited readers to follow him behind the scenes of the restaurant business in his bestseller, Kitchen Confidential, and Caitlin Doughty's Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was a revealing peak into the mysteries of what happens after death inside a mortuary, Inside the Robe shines a bright spotlight into the hidden ... Read more

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COURTHOUSE CONFIDENTIALTo most people, judges are mysterious creatures. As Anthony Bourdain invited readers to follow him behind the scenes of the restaurant business in his bestseller, Kitchen Confidential, and Caitlin Doughty's Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was a revealing peak into the mysteries of what happens after death inside a mortuary, Inside the Robe shines a bright spotlight into the hidden
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Killer With a Badge

by Chuck Hustmyre ...

New Orleans in the 1990s—dirty, corrupt, and violent, the murder capital of the United States, with a scandal-plagued police department that was collapsing under the weight of its own corruption. No one could imagine that things could get much worse for this once-great American city. Then Antoinette Frank joined the New Orleans Police Department, and things got much, much worse. Before long, ... Read more

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New Orleans in the 1990s—dirty, corrupt, and violent, the murder capital of the United States, with a scandal-plagued police department that was collapsing under the weight of its own corruption. No one could imagine that things could get much worse for this once-great American city. Then Antoinette Frank joined the New Orleans Police Department, and things got much, much worse. Before long,
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A Trial by Jury

by D. Graham Burnett ...

When Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett answered his jury duty summons, he expected to spend a few days catching up on his reading in the court waiting room. Instead, he finds himself thrust into a high-pressure role as the jury foreman in a Manhattan trial. There he comes face to face with a stunning act of violence, a maze of conflicting evidence, and a parade of bizarre witnesses. But it is ... Read more

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When Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett answered his jury duty summons, he expected to spend a few days catching up on his reading in the court waiting room. Instead, he finds himself thrust into a high-pressure role as the jury foreman in a Manhattan trial. There he comes face to face with a stunning act of violence, a maze of conflicting evidence, and a parade of bizarre witnesses. But it is
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The Crowd

A Study of the Popular Mind

by Gustave Le Bon ...

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind is a brilliant treatise on the workings of crowds. Gustave Le Bon examines many different kinds of crowds and how they work. He differentiates between different kinds of crowds such as mobs, juries, elected bodies, and simple crowds. This landmark book is one of the most influential books ever written on this subject. An important book for anyone studying or ... Read more

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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind is a brilliant treatise on the workings of crowds. Gustave Le Bon examines many different kinds of crowds and how they work. He differentiates between different kinds of crowds such as mobs, juries, elected bodies, and simple crowds. This landmark book is one of the most influential books ever written on this subject. An important book for anyone studying or
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Sexual History Evidence in Rape Trials

Is the Jury Out?

by Charlotte Herriott ...

Series series Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
This book provides an in-depth examination of current, high-profile debates about the use of sexual history evidence in rape trials and its impact on jurors. In doing so, it presents findings of the first mock jury dataset in England and Wales to explore how jurors interpret, discuss, and rely upon such evidence within their deliberations.Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative insights from ... Read more

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This book provides an in-depth examination of current, high-profile debates about the use of sexual history evidence in rape trials and its impact on jurors. In doing so, it presents findings of the first mock jury dataset in England and Wales to explore how jurors interpret, discuss, and rely upon such evidence within their deliberations.Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative insights from
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Twenty Million Angry Men

The Case for Including Convicted Felons in Our Jury System

by James M. Binnall ...

Today, all but one U.S. jurisdiction restricts a convicted felon’s eligibility for jury service. Are there valid, legal reasons for banishing millions of Americans from the jury process? How do felon-juror exclusion statutes impact convicted felons, jury systems, and jurisdictions that impose them? Twenty Million Angry Men provides the first full account of this pervasive yet invisible form of ... Read more

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Today, all but one U.S. jurisdiction restricts a convicted felon’s eligibility for jury service. Are there valid, legal reasons for banishing millions of Americans from the jury process? How do felon-juror exclusion statutes impact convicted felons, jury systems, and jurisdictions that impose them? Twenty Million Angry Men provides the first full account of this pervasive yet invisible form of
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Mastering Voir Dire and Jury Selection

Gain an Edge in Questioning and Selecting Your Jury, Fourth Edition

by Jeffery T. Frederick ...

The voir dire and jury selection process is one of the most challenging aspects of a jury trial. It is at this time that lawyers must identify and remove potential jurors who harbor some bias or hold beliefs that would make them less beneficial than others. Success in jury selection requires lawyers to draw upon a number of basic skills. These skills include the ability to:Operate effectively ... Read more

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The voir dire and jury selection process is one of the most challenging aspects of a jury trial. It is at this time that lawyers must identify and remove potential jurors who harbor some bias or hold beliefs that would make them less beneficial than others. Success in jury selection requires lawyers to draw upon a number of basic skills. These skills include the ability to:Operate effectively
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Confronting the Death Penalty

How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases

by Robin Conley ...

Series series Oxford Studies in Language and Law
Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases probes how jurors make the ultimate decision about whether another human being should live or die. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative linguistic methods, this book explores the means through which language helps to make death penalty decisions possible - how specific linguistic choices mediate and restrict jurors', ... Read more

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Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases probes how jurors make the ultimate decision about whether another human being should live or die. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative linguistic methods, this book explores the means through which language helps to make death penalty decisions possible - how specific linguistic choices mediate and restrict jurors',
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Criminal Juries in the 21st Century

Psychological Science and the Law

Edited by Cynthia Najdowski, Margaret Stevenson ...

Series series American Psychology-Law Society Series
The jury is often hailed as one of the most important symbols of American democracy. Yet much has changed since the Sixth Amendment in 1791 first guaranteed all citizens the right to a jury trial in criminal prosecutions. Experts now have a much more nuanced understanding of the psychological implications of being a juror, and advances in technology and neuroscience make the work of rendering a ... Read more

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The jury is often hailed as one of the most important symbols of American democracy. Yet much has changed since the Sixth Amendment in 1791 first guaranteed all citizens the right to a jury trial in criminal prosecutions. Experts now have a much more nuanced understanding of the psychological implications of being a juror, and advances in technology and neuroscience make the work of rendering a
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Storytelling for the Defense

Defense Attorney's Courtroom Guide to Beating Plaintiffs At Their Own Game

by Merrie Jo Pitera, Barbara Hillmer ...

Storytelling is primal for humans—one of the few human traits that is truly universal across cultures and through all of known history. The goal of Storytelling for the Defense is to help defense attorneys understand and reclaim the fundamental value of storytelling in the context of persuading jurors and winning cases. Defense attorneys must realize that the power of the narrative is not the sole ... Read more

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Storytelling is primal for humans—one of the few human traits that is truly universal across cultures and through all of known history. The goal of Storytelling for the Defense is to help defense attorneys understand and reclaim the fundamental value of storytelling in the context of persuading jurors and winning cases. Defense attorneys must realize that the power of the narrative is not the sole
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The Rule-Out Method of Criminal Defense

by David Ball ...

The Rule-Out method of criminal defense, easily learned, gets most jurors to want to decide verdicts based solely on reasonable doubts -- which, perhaps unexpectedly, few jurors normally do on their own no matter how you explain it. Instead, most convictions result from burden shifting, the usual demand by jurors that the defense attorney prove innocence. Rule Out prevents this, teaches how to ... Read more

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The Rule-Out method of criminal defense, easily learned, gets most jurors to want to decide verdicts based solely on reasonable doubts -- which, perhaps unexpectedly, few jurors normally do on their own no matter how you explain it. Instead, most convictions result from burden shifting, the usual demand by jurors that the defense attorney prove innocence. Rule Out prevents this, teaches how to
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Jury Nullification

The Evolution of a Doctrine

by Clay S. Conrad ...

The Founding Fathers guaranteed trial by jury three times in the Constitution—more than any other right—since juries can serve as the final check on government’s power to enforce unjust, immoral, or oppressive laws. But in America today, how independent can a jury be? How much power does a jury have to not only judge a defendant’s actions, but the merits of the law? What happens when jurors decide ... Read more

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The Founding Fathers guaranteed trial by jury three times in the Constitution—more than any other right—since juries can serve as the final check on government’s power to enforce unjust, immoral, or oppressive laws. But in America today, how independent can a jury be? How much power does a jury have to not only judge a defendant’s actions, but the merits of the law? What happens when jurors decide
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The Right to a Fair Trial

Edited by Thom Brooks ...

Series series The International Library of Essays on Rights
The right to a fair trial is often held as a central constitutional protection. It nevertheless remains unclear what precisely should count as a 'fair' trial and who should decide verdicts. This already difficult issue has become even more important given a number of proposed reforms of the trial, especially for defendants charged with terrorism offences. This collection, The Right to a Fair Trial ... Read more

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The right to a fair trial is often held as a central constitutional protection. It nevertheless remains unclear what precisely should count as a 'fair' trial and who should decide verdicts. This already difficult issue has become even more important given a number of proposed reforms of the trial, especially for defendants charged with terrorism offences. This collection, The Right to a Fair Trial
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Manual de Direito Penal - 6ª Ed - 2026

by Cristiano Rodrigues ...

"O texto deste livro foi desenvolvido para ter uma linguagem direta, de fácil e agradável leitura, e muitas vezes o leitor vai se sentir como se estivesse dentro de uma das minhas salas de aula, vai literalmente me ouvir (ler) falando, já que evitei ao máximo colocar citações e notas de rodapé com textos de outros livros e autores, já trazendo os posicionamentos dominantes da doutrina, e ... Read more

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"O texto deste livro foi desenvolvido para ter uma linguagem direta, de fácil e agradável leitura, e muitas vezes o leitor vai se sentir como se estivesse dentro de uma das minhas salas de aula, vai literalmente me ouvir (ler) falando, já que evitei ao máximo colocar citações e notas de rodapé com textos de outros livros e autores, já trazendo os posicionamentos dominantes da doutrina, e
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Ministério Público Estratégico - Antirracista

Tutela Penal e Processual da Vida - 1ª Ed - 2023 - Volume 4

by Aluisio Antonio Maciel Neto, Benedicto de Oliveira Guedes Neto, Everton Luiz Zanella, Felipe Eduardo Levit Zilberman, Juliana Mendonça Gentil Tocunduva, Leonardo Augusto de A. Cezar dos Santos, Márcio Augusto Friggi de Carvalho, Márcio Schlee Gomes, Marcus Alexandre de Oliveira Rodrigues, Mauro Messias, Nycole Kattah de Gennaro, Octahydes Ballan Junior, Rafael Schwez Kurkowski, Ricardo Silvares, Rodrigo Monteiro, Rogério Rodrigo Ferreira Mota, Simone Sibilio do Nascimento, Ticiane Louise Santana Pereira, Valéria Diez Scarance Fernandes, Walfredo Cunha Campos ...

Series Book 4 - Ministério Público Estratégico
"Em defesa da vida. Duzentos anos após a instalação do Tribunal do Júri no Brasil, o país apresenta inaceitáveis números de crime contra a vida, especialmente homicídios, que apesar de pequena queda, atingiram mais de 40 mil, em 2022, segundo o Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública. A realidade do número e índices de homicídios é desigual nas regiões, sendo que, segundo a mesma fonte, a maioria ... Read more

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"Em defesa da vida. Duzentos anos após a instalação do Tribunal do Júri no Brasil, o país apresenta inaceitáveis números de crime contra a vida, especialmente homicídios, que apesar de pequena queda, atingiram mais de 40 mil, em 2022, segundo o Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública. A realidade do número e índices de homicídios é desigual nas regiões, sendo que, segundo a mesma fonte, a maioria
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In the Hands of the People

The Trial Jury's Origins, Triumphs, Troubles, and Future in American Democracy

by William L. Dwyer ...

In a passionate warning that is not only well-reasoned, as becomes a renowned former trial lawyer and present federal judge, but is also a compelling and entertaining read, William L. Dwyer defies those who would abolish our jury system and hand over its power to judges or to panels of "experts." He aims, by making his readers aware of what should be done, to help us save what he calls "America's ... Read more

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In a passionate warning that is not only well-reasoned, as becomes a renowned former trial lawyer and present federal judge, but is also a compelling and entertaining read, William L. Dwyer defies those who would abolish our jury system and hand over its power to judges or to panels of "experts." He aims, by making his readers aware of what should be done, to help us save what he calls "America's
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The Jury Crisis

What’s Wrong with Jury Trials and How We Can Save Them

by Drury R. Sherrod ...

Juries have a bad reputation. Often jurors are seen as incompetent, biased and unpredictable, and jury trials are seen as a waste of time and money. In fact, so few criminal and civil cases reach a jury today that trial by jury is on the verge of extinction. Juries are being replaced by mediators, arbitrators and private judges. The wise trial of “Twelve Angry Men” has become a fiction. As a ... Read more

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Juries have a bad reputation. Often jurors are seen as incompetent, biased and unpredictable, and jury trials are seen as a waste of time and money. In fact, so few criminal and civil cases reach a jury today that trial by jury is on the verge of extinction. Juries are being replaced by mediators, arbitrators and private judges. The wise trial of “Twelve Angry Men” has become a fiction. As a
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A Life and Death Decision

A Jury Weighs the Death Penalty

by Scott E. Sundby ...

A gripping exploration of a jury's members' perspectives on the most wrenching decision: the death sentenceWith a life in the balance, a jury convicts a man of murder and now has to decide whether he should be put to death. Twelve people now face a momentous choice.Bringing drama to life, A Life and Death Decision gives unique insight into how a jury deliberates. We feel the passions, anger, and ... Read more

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A gripping exploration of a jury's members' perspectives on the most wrenching decision: the death sentenceWith a life in the balance, a jury convicts a man of murder and now has to decide whether he should be put to death. Twelve people now face a momentous choice.Bringing drama to life, A Life and Death Decision gives unique insight into how a jury deliberates. We feel the passions, anger, and
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Patently Persuasive

Strategies for Influencing Judge and Jury, Second Edition

by Karen Ohnemus Lisko, Kevin R. Boully ...

The unique and changing facets of intellectual property law coupled with the complexities of most patent cases create a different set of challenges for litigators in this area. Drawing upon their research with hundreds of actual and mock jurors over the past 18 years and upon their own strategy consultation on numerous patent cases, Karen Lisko and Kevin Boully discuss important realities of ... Read more

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The unique and changing facets of intellectual property law coupled with the complexities of most patent cases create a different set of challenges for litigators in this area. Drawing upon their research with hundreds of actual and mock jurors over the past 18 years and upon their own strategy consultation on numerous patent cases, Karen Lisko and Kevin Boully discuss important realities of
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In The Light of Justice

The Rise of Human Rights in Native America

by Walter Echo-Hawk ...

A Blueprint for Indigenous Rights in the 21st CenturyIn the Light of Justice is a seminal work that explores the evolution of Indigenous rights from the dark eras of "Indian-hating" to the modern global human rights movement. Celebrated attorney Walter R. Echo-Hawk provides a comprehensive analysis of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and its potential to ... Read more

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A Blueprint for Indigenous Rights in the 21st CenturyIn the Light of Justice is a seminal work that explores the evolution of Indigenous rights from the dark eras of "Indian-hating" to the modern global human rights movement. Celebrated attorney Walter R. Echo-Hawk provides a comprehensive analysis of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and its potential to
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The Psychology of Jury Selection

by Fred Crouter ...

Each year juries decide thousands of cases. Although the majority of these cases are not settled by juries, predictions about juries frequently influence the decision whether or not to pursue a jury trial.As far in advance of the trial date as is practical the pre-trial investigation of prospective jurors is an absolute must in every case that can financially afford it.Pre-trial Investigation has ... Read more

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Each year juries decide thousands of cases. Although the majority of these cases are not settled by juries, predictions about juries frequently influence the decision whether or not to pursue a jury trial.As far in advance of the trial date as is practical the pre-trial investigation of prospective jurors is an absolute must in every case that can financially afford it.Pre-trial Investigation has
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Jury Ethics

Juror Conduct and Jury Dynamics

by John Kleinig, James P. Levine, Jeffrey B. Abramson, B. Michael Dann, Shari Seidman Diamond, Norman J. Finkel, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, Julie E. Howe, Nancy J. King ...

Trial by jury is one of the most important aspects of the U.S. legal system. A reflective look at how juries actually function brings out a number of ethical questions surrounding juror conduct and jury dynamics: Do citizens have a duty to serve as jurors? Might they seek exemptions? Is it acceptable for jurors to engage in after-hours research? Might a juror legitimately seek to "nullify" the ... Read more

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Trial by jury is one of the most important aspects of the U.S. legal system. A reflective look at how juries actually function brings out a number of ethical questions surrounding juror conduct and jury dynamics: Do citizens have a duty to serve as jurors? Might they seek exemptions? Is it acceptable for jurors to engage in after-hours research? Might a juror legitimately seek to "nullify" the
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Forensic Human Factors and Ergonomics

Case Studies and Analyses

Edited by Michael S. Wogalter ...

Series series Human Factors and Ergonomics
This book has 18 case study chapters investigating various injury scenarios through the use of a Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) analysis. Each injury scenario derives from one or more similar lawsuits (but names, places and some of the details are fictionalized). The scenarios describe a ‘slice of life’ of people interacting with products, equipment, tasks, and environments before they are ... Read more

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This book has 18 case study chapters investigating various injury scenarios through the use of a Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) analysis. Each injury scenario derives from one or more similar lawsuits (but names, places and some of the details are fictionalized). The scenarios describe a ‘slice of life’ of people interacting with products, equipment, tasks, and environments before they are
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In the Jury Box

by John Pritchett ...

What does a fair juror actually do when the evidence is incomplete, the witnesses disagree, and certainty is impossible?In the Jury Box: How Jurors Evaluate Evidence, Resist Bias, and Reach a Fair Decision is a practical guide to the reasoning demands of jury service. John S. Pritchett examines how jurors can evaluate testimony, documents, physical and digital evidence, expert opinions, eyewitness ... Read more

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What does a fair juror actually do when the evidence is incomplete, the witnesses disagree, and certainty is impossible?In the Jury Box: How Jurors Evaluate Evidence, Resist Bias, and Reach a Fair Decision is a practical guide to the reasoning demands of jury service. John S. Pritchett examines how jurors can evaluate testimony, documents, physical and digital evidence, expert opinions, eyewitness
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