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Monday 31 January 2005

The prosecution has been refocussed

It's a well-known fact that you can guarantee success at anything by employing a focus group. So it's a logical extension to that train of thought for a lawyer to get a focus group in to identify what is most likely to swing the jury. Of course, if the actual jury is the actual focus group, then the likelihood is so much greater.

Posted by dustbinman at 23:53 | Permalink

Comments

This profoundly disturbs me. There's an axiom I've had ground into me throughout my years of legal education and practice: 'Justice must be SEEN to be done as well as being done'. Just because something may be legal doesn't make it ethical. I think this paying of former jurors to be consultants crosses the line and any attempt to play down its potential long term ethical implications relies far too much on faith in human nature. I'm SO glad that we can't do things like this in the UK. x

Posted by: MJ

on February 1, 2005 12:54 PM