Lawyers strike mothers from juries fearing emotion over evidence

Evidence

Facher replied, “Whether she says so or not, I think it’s very difficult for any woman with small children to decide the case on the evidence rather than emotion. I think it’s almost an impossible task.” — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 1631

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the wider theme of maternal/feminine-coded sentiment being legally distrusted, akin to the domesticity-and-political-danger material in Along the Archival Grain. — connects to: Legal professionals unconsciously generate race-neutral reasons for racially motivated jury strikes; Litigators fear sympathetic victim testimony more than any legal argument — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 1665; Jurors punish in-group members harsher than outsiders when evidence is strong — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 857
• SEED: Angle: ‘The Special Class’ — how peremptory challenges quietly re-engineer juries by paternal status, and what that does to outcomes in emotionally charged trials.

Broader Connections

• Legal professionals unconsciously generate race-neutral reasons for racially motivated jury strikes #complicates (0.95)
• Litigators fear sympathetic victim testimony more than any legal argument #responds-to (0.85) — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 1665
• Jurors punish in-group members harsher than outsiders when evidence is strong #qualifies (0.80) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 857