Post-Trial Interviews

Definition

Post-trial interviews are interviews with jurors to learn how they reacted to events during the trial, specifically to facts.

Regardless of the outcome of your case, you want to know the juror's reactions. Using FactLogic, post-trial interviews of jurors provide the most precise indication of how they thought and reacted during the trial.

Learn the True Judgments. Without FactLogic, post-trial interviews reveal statements of jurors but not necessarily the specific weights of their verbal and intuitive recollection. With FactLogic, post-trial interviews reveal the specific weights of their judgments. These specific weights should also be more accurate than otherwise since quantifying judgments for FactLogic requires more mental commitment. Ask jurors to provide probabilities about

• the standard of proof,
• facts, and
• aggravating and mitigating circumstances.

Investigate Abuse of Discretion / New Trial / Appeal. Use FactLogic for the following:

• Determine if the jury decided fairly on the evidence.
• Determine the effect of inadmissible evidence.
• Determine the effect of erroneous instructions to jurors.
• Prove that new or inadmissible evidence would have caused a different verdict.
• Use post-trial interviews of jurors with FactLogic to determine a logical verdict.
• Show that the trial judge should have allowed
  • more specific questions during voir dire or
  • a requested challenge for cause.

Compare with Jury Selection. Compare each juror's completed FactLogic information with his jury selection information if available.

Summary

If used in post-trial interviews, FactLogic can demonstrate

• how a verdict might have been different if evidence had been different during a trial and
• how jurors really viewed evidence during the trial.