When you look at these crime shows on T.V, they have situations when they must deal with having the right witness on the stand. When these expert witnesses go up on the stand, they look like it isn’t that hard to pull off. All they do is talk about what they did in the lab with the evidence, or their expert opinion on the lab results towards the evidence.
When Dr. Pagliaro, came in and talked to us about all the preparation for a testimony, it seems stressful and a lot more work than you think. To have an effective testimony, you not only have to be able to talk in front of a jury and a judge, but you must seem reliable and credible. By doing this, she explains how you must build a reputation in the lab with your work. This includes your …show more content…
Most jurors will have no idea what a mass spectrometry actually does, even though they have heard in their crime shows millions of times. You need to be able to speak in a language that they will understand. Most jurors have a mind at about a tenth-grade equivalence. With knowing that information, you need to explain exactly what the test you did to the evidence, and what the results mean if you are asked about them. In addition to being able to talk to them with education level they will understand, you can’t talk to them like they are a child. They will end up finding that offensive and not talk what you’re staying serious and basically disregard your work. I know when my roommate tries to do that to me when she is trying to describe her art classes to me, and when she does that I start blocking her voice out. You also have to remember, that you do not control the questions only the answers, and when you answer these questions you can’t have these lengthy answers, it needs to be short and to the point. You will put people to sleep if you talk too long, just like how in college you have a monotone professor over explain certain areas in your lecture.
Lastly, Dr. Pagliaro told us that not only is our creditability is important for the testimony to get through to the jury, but out reputation in the community is important. Which makes sense, because if you are doing activities or just being nasty with people within your community,
When Dr. Pagliaro, came in and talked to us about all the preparation for a testimony, it seems stressful and a lot more work than you think. To have an effective testimony, you not only have to be able to talk in front of a jury and a judge, but you must seem reliable and credible. By doing this, she explains how you must build a reputation in the lab with your work. This includes your …show more content…
Most jurors will have no idea what a mass spectrometry actually does, even though they have heard in their crime shows millions of times. You need to be able to speak in a language that they will understand. Most jurors have a mind at about a tenth-grade equivalence. With knowing that information, you need to explain exactly what the test you did to the evidence, and what the results mean if you are asked about them. In addition to being able to talk to them with education level they will understand, you can’t talk to them like they are a child. They will end up finding that offensive and not talk what you’re staying serious and basically disregard your work. I know when my roommate tries to do that to me when she is trying to describe her art classes to me, and when she does that I start blocking her voice out. You also have to remember, that you do not control the questions only the answers, and when you answer these questions you can’t have these lengthy answers, it needs to be short and to the point. You will put people to sleep if you talk too long, just like how in college you have a monotone professor over explain certain areas in your lecture.
Lastly, Dr. Pagliaro told us that not only is our creditability is important for the testimony to get through to the jury, but out reputation in the community is important. Which makes sense, because if you are doing activities or just being nasty with people within your community,