http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-haidl18apr18,1,434561.story?coll=la-headlines-california
juries buy this crap...
Early exposure to the tape also would have helped defense attorneys desensitize jurors so they would be less shocked by it in the trial, which is scheduled to begin May 3.
Prosecutors won a significant victory when the judge ruled that the tape can be shown to jurors, rejecting the defense team's assertions that the tape was obtained illegally and has been doctored.
"He really gets the jury to be open to the fact that what their eyes tell them is happening, is not what's really happening," said former federal prosecutor Laurie Levenson, a law professor at Loyola Law School.
One of Luster's attorneys, Roger Jon Diamond, tried to describe the footage as graphically as possible beforehand to prepare the jury.
"I wanted to shock them with my statements so that when they actually saw the tape, it wasn't so much of a shock," he said. "In effect, I was trying to desensitize the jury."
Guess this isn't so much of a surprise either...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/18/coors.suit.ap/index.html
Must be society's fauly
juries buy this crap...
Early exposure to the tape also would have helped defense attorneys desensitize jurors so they would be less shocked by it in the trial, which is scheduled to begin May 3.
Prosecutors won a significant victory when the judge ruled that the tape can be shown to jurors, rejecting the defense team's assertions that the tape was obtained illegally and has been doctored.
"He really gets the jury to be open to the fact that what their eyes tell them is happening, is not what's really happening," said former federal prosecutor Laurie Levenson, a law professor at Loyola Law School.
One of Luster's attorneys, Roger Jon Diamond, tried to describe the footage as graphically as possible beforehand to prepare the jury.
"I wanted to shock them with my statements so that when they actually saw the tape, it wasn't so much of a shock," he said. "In effect, I was trying to desensitize the jury."
Guess this isn't so much of a surprise either...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/18/coors.suit.ap/index.html
Must be society's fauly
