By Richard Gabriel
ISBN-10: 042526971X
ISBN-13: 9780425269718
October three, 1995. The surprising final result of the O.J. Simpson trial leaves a state divided. July five, 2011. Casey Anthony walks unfastened regardless of being convicted by way of thousands on cable information and social media.
There are instances while whatever as supposedly uncomplicated as a simply verdict rises to the extent of cultural touchstone. frequently those moments hinge on good judgment that turns out unsuitable and inexplicable—until now. In Acquittal, major trial advisor Richard Gabriel explains how probably the most debatable verdicts lately got here to be.
Drawing on greater than twenty-eight years of expertise, Gabriel presents firsthand bills of his paintings on high-profile instances, from the tabloid trials of Casey Anthony, O.J. Simpson, Phil Spector, and Heidi Fleiss to the political firestorms regarding Enron and Whitewater. a professional on courtroom psychology and communications, Gabriel deals certain insights on defendants, prosecutors, judges, witnesses, reporters, and crucial humans within the room: the jury.
Through play-by-play breakdowns of the complaints, Gabriel unearths the diversities among a court docket of legislation and the courtroom of public opinion, the convoluted mechanics in the back of jury choice, thoughts for making a cautious stability of proof and doubt, and the problems of offering a good trial within the electronic age. alongside the best way, Gabriel increases not easy questions about not just the felony procedure yet in regards to the threat of justice in an oversaturated media landscape.
The court docket is a normal theater. The stakes are excessive. the jobs are all too universal. and there's continually the opportunity of a twist finishing. Acquittal is a revelatory advisor to this riveting, problematical, attention-grabbing world—the such a lot unpredictable drama in American existence.
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And it is the musician, the actor, or the lawyer who gives it meaning. Unlike a musician or actor, an attorney doesn’t have to just tell a good story, they have to tell the best story. They know their audience, the jury, is also listening to another story and will vote on which story wins. As a result, being a great lawyer/performer also means being a great strategist and tactician, anticipating the other side’s moves and adapting their case to actually turn the opposing side’s theories and themes into support for their own position.
They are a study in contrasts—these people look to be perfectly normal, living idyllic lives. But then someone dies and a darker David Lynch–like reality is exposed. These cases are deeply unsettling because they make us confront our deepest fears: that one day our idyllic lives can be similarly upended. If it could happen to them, it could happen to us. THE AMERICAN JURY I reject your reality and substitute my own. —Mythbusters Juries are the best judges in the system. They are not elected, they don’t have the high-powered microscope of appellate review or the stern, disapproving-schoolmarm precedent looking over their shoulder, and they have no interest in the outcome of the case.
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