Prosecutors can win juror rapport without relying on scientific selection profiles.

Evidence

With this information, Dimitrius and Vinson each constructed profiles of the ideal defense juror. Their profiles largely coincided: a blue-collar, middle-aged, African American woman who had some personal or familial experience with law enforcement. Simpson’s attorneys heeded Dimitrius’s advice and sought to select jurors who fit this profile. But prosecutor Marcia Clark rejected Vinson’s advice, confident that the spousal-abuse issue in the case and her experience in establishing rapport with African American women jurors would be decisive. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1354

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the chapter’s discussion of peremptory challenges — Clark’s decision not to exhaust her challenges shows selection strategy is discretionary, not mechanical. — connects to: One side’s refusal to follow jury-selection research can shape a trial’s outcome — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 835; Unpublished, unaccepted methods can still reach a jury as confident certainty — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 2107; Sympathetic testimony can win a case regardless of legal merit. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 761 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• A juror’s body language can silently signal a lawyer’s misread of her. #complicates (0.90) — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 2328
• One side’s refusal to follow jury-selection research can shape a trial’s outcome #complicates (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 835
• Individual juror bias studies may not predict deliberating jury verdicts #complicates (0.85) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 913
• Unpublished, unaccepted methods can still reach a jury as confident certainty #complicates (0.80) — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 2107
• Sympathetic testimony can win a case regardless of legal merit. #complicates (0.80) — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 761