jury Archives – https://voyleglover.com/opinion/jury/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:33:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://voyleglover.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-voyleglover-logo-woodcut-500x500-resized-perfect-32x32.jpeg jury Archives – https://voyleglover.com/opinion/jury/ 32 32 Red Herrings May Distract Jurors but not the Judge: Don’t Give Up Your Case https://voyleglover.com/red-herrings-may-distract-jurors-but-not-the-judge-dont-give-up-your-case/ https://voyleglover.com/red-herrings-may-distract-jurors-but-not-the-judge-dont-give-up-your-case/#respond Tue, 04 Mar 2025 06:25:14 +0000 https://voyleglover.com/?p=2940 A CLOSING ARGUMENT IN FEDERAL COURT I was up for the closing argument in a federal civil rights trial for age discrimination. Typically, the defense had raised a lot of “fluff” and other spurious defenses that were designed to be distractions and give some of the jurors a reason to doubt our case. As I ...

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