Typical trials are brief and routine, unlike the dramatic trials shown on television.

Evidence

Most people form their picture of trials from highly publicized cases or from courtroom dramas depicted on television or in books. Such trials, however, are exceptional. Most trials do not involve months of testimony, 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…, 1284

Categorization

• CANDY: A tidy, counterintuitive fact: the average trial looks nothing like televised courtroom drama.
• XREF: connects to: Typical American trials are brief and routine, unlike televised dramas — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 803; Most American trials, criminal and civil, are brief routine affairs, not prolonged proceedings — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1285; Trial preparation treats jurors as an audience to be persuaded through staged presentation — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 850

Broader Connections

• Most American trials, criminal and civil, are brief routine affairs, not prolonged proceedings #corroborates (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1285
• Trial preparation treats jurors as an audience to be persuaded through staged presentation #complicates (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 850