“Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand?” WayHas BeensAbleAsksForceAudienceDyingMessagesDignityThemeInvitesIrelandJury Author:Julie Walters
“This is a jury of your peers. They watch the same TV movies. They belong to Oprah’s Book Club. You can take any monster, slap a bad dad into his past, and all of a sudden he’s just another lost soul, lashing out. And you were the poor lady that got in the way. They’ll argue you lacked compassion. You were the one who took things too far.” WayBookSoulPastLostPoorCompassionWatchesTvsDadClubsArguingMonstersPeersJurySlapLost SoulsBook ClubLashing Out Author:Jeremy Robert Johnson
“The progress of science in furnishing the government with means of espionage is not likely to stop with wire tapping. Ways may some day be developed by which the government, without removing papers from secret drawers, can reproduce them in court, and by which it will be enabled to expose to a jury the most intimate occurrences of the home. Advances in the psychic and related sciences may bring means of exploring unexpressed beliefs, thoughts and emotions. 'That places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer' was said by James Otis of much lesser intrusions than these.” WayMayHomeGovernmentSecretSecurityPaperCourtIntimateSomedayPapersJuryDrawers Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“Global warming ... may be a plaintiff lawyer's dream. And it's interesting, in a perverse way, to imagine how a jury in 2050 might react to some of the recent industry-backed studies minimizing the dangers of global warming. I suspect future jurors will not be amused.” WayMayDreamMightInterestingStudyImagineDangerIndustryLawyerGlobal WarmingSuspectsJuryAmusedMinimizingJurors Author:David Ignatius