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What game is played by this method of jury selection? In a casino it’s called a stacked deck.
Robert Hirschhorn, a Texas jury consultant, wanted all-female jury
SANFORD, Fla. (USA Today) — One of the people instrumental in helping George Zimmerman’s defense team pick an all-female jury says that he decided months in advance that a panel of women brought the best chance for acquittal.
Robert Hirschhorn, a jury consultant with more than 28 years experience, told USA TODAY that women are better listeners, less judgmental, and would more easily understand the fear Zimmerman felt when he shot Trayvon Martin.
“I wanted to make sure we were going to get jurors that would follow what the court of law required not what the court of public opinion wanted,” Hirschhorn said. “My number one goal was to get fair jurors that would really be able to listen to the evidence and decide the case on facts and law not emotion.”
Hirschhorn’s instincts paid off Saturday when a jury of five white women and one Hispanic woman acquitted Zimmerman of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the Feb. 2012 killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Hirschhorn’s favorite choice for the jury was a black man who was a gun owner who frequently watched FOX News. The state eliminated him.
Lawyers Say Pedicures Kept All-Female Trayvon Martin Jury Impartial
(NY Mag) – The all-female jury in the Trayvon Martin case — chosen by defense consultant Robert Hirschhorn because, ugh, women “would more easily understand the fear [George] Zimmerman felt” — went out for mani-pedis during their 22-day sequestration. In USA Today, Florida lawyers defended the perceived extravagance.
