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Jury selection and the Enron verdicts



Brenda Sandburg of American Lawyer/Law.com goes inside the Lay/Skilling trials with the jury consultants who worked with both sides. "The consultants concur on one thing in particular: that early victories by the prosecution on jury issues were pivotal in getting a conviction. 'The venue and the jury selection were the only things that could have made the difference [for the defense],' [Reiko] Hasuike says. Dimitrius [Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, famed for her work on the O.J. Simpson defense] was key in helping the prosecution score wins on both points-getting Judge Simeon Lake III to keep the trial in Houston and making it easy for him to limit voir dire."

 

 


Isaac Gorodetski
Project Manager,
Center for Legal Policy at the
Manhattan Institute
igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org

Bridget Carroll
Press Officer,
Manhattan Institute
bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org

 

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