One way to do this is to assign a value of 1 to 10 to each piece of evidence, including witness testimony, with 10 being the most important and 1 being the least important, and then assign a number such as 10 being most favorable to the prosecution, 0 being most favorable to the defense and 5 being neutral. The jury then calculates a maximum prosecution score by multiplying the importance value for each piece of evidence by the maximum prosecution value (10) and then adds the scores for each piece of evidence to establish a maximum value for all evidence in favor of the prosecution. For example, if there are 100 pieces of evidence and each one has an importance value of 5, then the maximum value in favor of the prosecution is 5000 (100 x 5 x 10) and the score most favorable to the defense is 0 (100 x 5 x 0).
After establishing the maximum possible value in favor of the prosecution, the jury then goes back over the evidence and assigns a number for the actual value of each piece of evidence to the prosecution and then adds the numbers up to see where the total score for all evidence stands within the minimum to maximum range (i.e., 0 to 5000, using the example above). If the total score is less than 95% of the maximum (4750), for example, then the jury may conclude that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
My point is that in order to assign a numerical weight to the evidence it helps to have a complete list of each exhibit to work from.
The one thing that I have learned in thirty years as a trial lawyer is that while each jury is different, there are a finite number of methods that they use to evaluate the evidence and make a decision including “gut feeling,” “reasoned analysis,” ”mathematical/quantitative analysis” (some variation of what I have described), and “peer pressure/bullying.”
The one thing that I have learned in thirty years as a trial lawyer is that while each jury is different, there are a finite number of methods that they use to evaluate the evidence and make a decision including “gut feeling,” “reasoned analysis,” ”mathematical/quantitative analysis” (some variation of what I have described), and “peer pressure/bullying.”
Thks for your insight.
As long as its not peer pressure /bullying I think they will have listened to OMara more than “ deflect and feelings team”
I watched every televised moment of the trial and listened to the instructions, George Zimmerman is just simply not guilty.