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...wall was 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...
...player level. In order to remain a fan over the past few years, I have concentrated on the game itself and avoided the surrounding drama. Now, however, there is no place to avert my eyes, for the nastiest scene yet has taken place right on the playing field. JULIA VINSON Marietta, Georgia...
...prosecution team decided to reject professional help in selecting the jury. "I brought into the case the best jury consultant in America, the father of the art of jury selection, Donald Vinson," says San Francisco litigator John Martel, a prosecution adviser. "And on the first day of the trial, Dr. Vinson was asked to leave the courtroom because the prosecutors were concerned that the public might feel that the jury or the jury system was being manipulated if they were using a jury consultant." "Meanwhile," Martel continues, "Jo-Ellan Dimitrius was literally steering the ship at that point...
Paul Hill got a heavy sentence today -- even before the justice system deals withhis acts of murder. Today, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson punished the antiabortion protester by giving him two life sentences in prison -- the maximum allowed by law for violating a new federal clinic-protection law. Next week, a judge will decide whether Hill should get the electric chair in connection with the July slayings in Tampa of Dr. John Bayard Britton and his volunteer bodyguard, retired Air Force Lt. Col. James Barrett. Hill today would not express remorse for his actions. "I was trying to prevent...
When cold computer analysis clashed with the gut instincts of prosecutors Bill Hodgman and Marcia Clark, Vinson was banished from the strategizing. Simpson's defense team, on the other hand, soaked up the services of its jury consultant every step of the way. As late as last week Dimitrius joined defense lawyers at Robert Shapiro's office for a strategy session in which O.J. participated for 45 minutes by telephone. "He's got a real good sense of who he appeals to," said a source close to the defense...