Simple Jury Persuasion: Why you don’t want your trial videos to elicit awe from jurors

While you don’t want jurors to think your visual evidence was made by poorly trained technicians—here’s a study that tells us something counter-intuitive that you may find useful (we have). It may not make obvious sense, but you also don’t want jurors to be blown away (i.e., awed, in wonder, overwhelmed by the majesty of […] Related posts: Simple Jury Persuasion: Educating jurors about science may have no effect Simple Jury Persuasion: Telling jurors where to look Simple Jury Persuasion: Should you consider 3-D for your courtroom videos?...

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