Manipulating Juries with PowerPoint 2014-12-23T20:19:04Z Interesting article on the subconscious visual tricks used to manipulate juries and affect verdicts. In December 2012 the Washington Supreme Court threw out Glasmanns convictions based on the highly inflammatory slides. As a general rule, courts dont want prosecutors expressing their personal opinion to a jury; theyre supposed to couch their arguments in terms of what the evidence shows. Plastering the word GUILTY on a slide -- not once or twice, but three times -- was a flagrant and ill intentioned violation of this principle, the Washington Supreme Court wrote. The captions superimposed on the photos were the equivalent of unadmitted evidence. One justice, Tom Chambers, wrote that he was stunned at the states contention that there was nothing wrong with digitally altering the booking photo. Under the States logic, in a shooting case, there would be nothing improper with the State altering an image of the accused by photoshopping a gun into his hand, Chambers wrote. Jeffrey Ellis, a lawyer from Portland, Oregon, represented Glasmann on appeal. We all know that commercials can try to persuade people on a subconscious level, Ellis said in an interview. But I dont think the criminal-justice system wants to enter into that base arena. I think we need some clear rules as to whats permitted.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:24:20 +0000
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