Jury Manipulation Quotes

When you see a lawyer trying to pick a smart jury, you know he's got a strong case.

One lawyer told me that he never drinks water or eats in front of the jury because they can't do either one.

I don't like juries having the wool pulled over their eyes. I don't think that's what the Constitution is about.

Putting pressure on grand juries to indict in my view is un-American. A grand jury should be allowed to be fair and impartial. They shouldn't have people yelling and screaming.

Usually when attorneys are assembling a jury, they're just looking for sheep that are easily impressed.

I would go to trials a lot in Boston, as best I could. And it's incredible that, like, lawyers that had a good case weren't dramatic at all. Lawyers that had a horrible case would sing and dance and do whatever it took to convince the jury or the judge that this guy was innocent. So that was a cool thing to see because that made me believe that what the script [of From The Hip] was doing was totally believable. Now, maybe not ordinary. But it could happen.

Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are.