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![In 2005, Nicholas Minucci – a White man – assaulted and robbed Glenn Moore – a Black man. Throughout the attack, Minucci repeatedly referred to Moore as a "nigger." Based on this evidence, the state prosecuted this as a hate crime. Although tragic, the details surrounding the crime were not […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/KKK-swastika.jpg "Hate Crimes and Revealing Motivation through Racial Slurs")
![In 1995, Dr. Suzanna Gratia-Hupp testified that her inability to legally carry a handgun prevented her from stopping a 1991 Killen, Texas restaurant massacre. Dr. Gratia-Hupp had a 38 SPL Smith handgun in her car and pointed that out to legislators after the murders shook the state of Texas. Her […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/Meyer-guns-for-web-201x130.png "Will It Hurt Me In Court? Weapons Issues and the Fears of the Legally Armed Citizen")
![In the July edition of The Jury Expert, Tenney, Cleary and Spellman presented the findings of their research on the power of alternative explanations in criminal defense strategies. They found that "TODDI" ("This Other Dude Did It") strategies significantly reduced mock jurors' perceptions of the likelihood of a defendant's guilt. […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/widget.jpg "Alternative Cause Strategies in Product Liability Litigation: The Need for Affirmative Defenses")
![(September's favorite thing is from The Jury Expert Editor, Rita Handrich, PhD who also contributes regularly to the Keene Trial Consulting blog: The Jury Room.) Despite warnings that it's on the way out (since growth is tapering off), that 20% of content is marketing (I'd guess more than that), and […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Twitter-wink-160x130.jpg "September 2009’s Favorite Thing")
![Recent days have been filled with news about (very public) rude and disrespectful behavior from athletes, celebrities, and politicians. Pundits and pollsters are telling us what it means about our society and about the deepening political divisions in our country. Media outlets are covering the frenzy intently and ‘civility’ is […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Official-Twitter-logo-150x130.jpg "Editor’s Note: On civility, racial slurs, graphic pictures & anthropomorphism"){kind=logo}
![Despite the canon that trials are to be heard by fair and impartial juries, social science research and practical experience teaches us that jurors will often harbor their own biases, and utilize these biases in their decision-making. Jurors enter the courtroom possessing a multitude of life experiences that may exert […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pic1.jpg "Terror Management Theory and Jury Decision-Making")
![Since the early 1990s the use of multimedia presentations at trial, particularly video productions, has grown exponentially. Successful litigators have discovered that using visuals with their persuasive words gives them a distinct advantage in presenting their case to a jury. In this article we describe some of the different types […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/Cameraman2-201x130.png "Lights, Camera, Action: Getting the Most Out of Videos at Trial")
![The current financial crisis has infiltrated American life in a way unmatched by other events in recent history. We are clearly at a turning point in many ways, and just how this decline will ultimately influence Americans is yet to be fully understood. On a more specific level, the ways […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img11-135x130.jpg "Jurors’ Perceptions in the Economic Decline")
![How does a criminal defense attorney argue for a Not Guilty verdict? One strategy is simply to argue that the state’s case is incomplete and has not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt; no more is required. Another strategy is to provide alternative explanations of each piece of evidence: for […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tenney-1-finger-160x130.jpg "“This Other Dude Did It!” A Test of the Alternative Explanation Defense")
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