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...taped a separate profile of each juror, listing his or her education and any other inclinations the plaintiffs thought might be relevant, such as feelings about domestic violence or the reliability of DNA testing. To help select the jury, Petrocelli and Lambert turned to consultant Don Vinson and his DecisionQuest. (DecisionQuest is the jury consultant that the prosecutors in the criminal trial called in--and chose to ignore.) Petrocelli & Co. took Vinson's advice, which included using DecisionQuest to prepare all the boards and exhibits explaining DNA evidence. The plaintiffs were particularly happy with the makeup of the jury, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE INSIDE STORY OF HOW O.J. SIMPSON LOST | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

...jury likely to find Simpson not guilty of first-degree murder. Life during jury selection was quite different for Don Vinson, jury consultant for the prosecution. Vinson tirelessly fed the responses of potential jurors to Judge Lance Ito's 80-page questionnaire into computers at the offices of DecisionQuest, handing out sophisticated analyses to the D.A. But after two court appearances early in the process, Vinson disappeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now, a Jury of His Peers | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

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