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Planning:
Demonstrative Evidence
- Jurors' expectations have
changed. Today, they expect both sides to present
their demonstrative evidence as two channel communications: sight plus
sound. Because of their TV-generation upbringing,
jurors will understand your messages earlier, and
remember them longer. Besides, your visual evidence
planning makes your messages clear, concise, and
easily understood by jurors and your opponent.
- The following chart
summarizes the best two
channel communications for your exhibits:
| Your Information |
Best Visual
Evidence Options |
| For ADR,
mediation, settlement, mock trials, jury focus
groups or use in court. |
Presentation boards: B&W, color
highlight, full color |
Magnetic
pieces board |
Video:
deposition or jury view |
Our live
video system** |
Animated
computer graphics |
CD-ROM
& computer presentation
software |
| Your
data, numbers, statistics; e.g., graphs,
charts |
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| Photographs |
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| Important
events chronology, e.g., timeline |
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| Documents
(one or more), contracts, nurses' notes,
personnel files, etc. |
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| Depositions |
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| Illustration: medical (anatomical,
biology), technical (mechanical or scientific
process) |
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| Your
opening and closing arguments, points of law,
instructions to jury |
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| Events
sequence reconstruction (accidents, scientific
or mechanical processes, environmental or
construction defects) *** |
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| Supporting your experts' opinions and
testimony |
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| ** Camera stand with small color cameras,
xray and transparency light box, large TV
monitors, or video projector/screen *** Scale Models (2D
&3D) work well
too |
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