Typical American trials are brief and routine, unlike televised dramas

Evidence

Most people form their picture of trials from highly publicized cases, such as the O. J. Simpson murder trial, or from courtroom dramas depicted on television or in books. Such trials, however, are exceptional. Most trials do not involve months of testimony, as the Simpson trial did, nor do they feature dramatic revelations from the witness stand or a barrage of motions and objections by the attorneys. Rather, they are brief and, at times, perfunctory affairs. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 803

Categorization

• CANDY: Fun dinner-party fact that public perception of trials is distorted by celebrity cases and courtroom dramas.
• XREF: connects to: Typical trials are brief and routine, unlike the dramatic trials shown on television. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1284; Most American trials, criminal and civil, are brief routine affairs, not prolonged proceedings — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1285

Broader Connections

• Typical trials are brief and routine, unlike the dramatic trials shown on television. #expands (0.98) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1284
• Most American trials, criminal and civil, are brief routine affairs, not prolonged proceedings #corroborates (0.92) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1285