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2009.03.13 Today's Current News - ***NO DISCUSSIONS HERE PLEASE ***
Experts Discuss Possible Jury Makeup In Anthony Case
POSTED: Thursday, March 12, 2009
UPDATED: 7:25 am EDT March 13, 2009
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Pipitone asked noted defense attorney Cheney Mason and former prosecutor Elizabeth Rahter what kind of person they consider would make a good juror in Anthony's trial.
"I would want jurors that understand enough about life, that understand the frailties, the weakness of life, that have some empathy, forgiveness and that would not be young people," Mason said.
"I want people who are able to focus and kind of see through those smoke screens and listen to what evidence is being presented and see what's reasonable and what's unreasonable," Rahter said.
The process is part legal art, and jury consultant Susan Constantine says, part science.
Constantine was presented with what is known about the case thus far.
"A child disappears and the mother doesn't call the police for 30 days and makes up the name of a baby sitter she left her with and changes the story about where the baby was taken from her. Who's more apt to believe that kind of story versus those who say this is ridiculous and the woman's lying?" Pipitone asked.
Article:
http://www.clickorlando.com/money/18920197/detail.html
Experts Discuss Possible Jury Makeup In Anthony Case
POSTED: Thursday, March 12, 2009
UPDATED: 7:25 am EDT March 13, 2009
<snipped>
Pipitone asked noted defense attorney Cheney Mason and former prosecutor Elizabeth Rahter what kind of person they consider would make a good juror in Anthony's trial.
"I would want jurors that understand enough about life, that understand the frailties, the weakness of life, that have some empathy, forgiveness and that would not be young people," Mason said.
"I want people who are able to focus and kind of see through those smoke screens and listen to what evidence is being presented and see what's reasonable and what's unreasonable," Rahter said.
The process is part legal art, and jury consultant Susan Constantine says, part science.
Constantine was presented with what is known about the case thus far.
"A child disappears and the mother doesn't call the police for 30 days and makes up the name of a baby sitter she left her with and changes the story about where the baby was taken from her. Who's more apt to believe that kind of story versus those who say this is ridiculous and the woman's lying?" Pipitone asked.
Article:
http://www.clickorlando.com/money/18920197/detail.html