Lawyer as Juror in a Murder Trial

June 14, 2009

Legal Department

Lawyer as Juror in a Murder Trial

Mark Draughn

Illinois's own Jeremy Richey does some actual journalism and interviews California civil attorney Brian Pedigo about his experience as a juror for a murder trial. He talks about deliberations, and what he thinks each side did wrong or right.

By the way, he has one piece of advice for the prosecutor that I'd like to second if I'm ever on a jury again:

When handling a firearm, do not point it at the jury -- have gun manners. Point it always at the ground, even though it's unloaded.

Yeah. It may give us jurors a sense of what it was like to be the victim, but it's also going to give me a sense that you're an irresponsible jackass.

By Mark Draughn at June 14, 2009 10:47 AM | Comments (2) [link]

2 Comments

It seems like common sense. Did they actually point a gun at you while you were on the jury??

From GaryO

| June 15, 2009 8:56 AM

No. But it would piss me off if they did.

From Mark Draughn

| June 16, 2009 1:02 PM

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