Given shows like "Perry Mason," "L.A. Law" and "Law & Order," it's no surprise that the minority of Americans who have never sued nor been sued expect cases to be won or lost in a dramatic cross-examination. But as the Rodent notes, this kind of jury-riveting moment almost never happens.
July 07, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Cross-examination is one of those lawyer tasks fraught with drama, or so the general, non-lawyering public thinks.
Reared on decades of completely unrealistic lawyer television programs like “LA Law,” “Ally McBeal,” and the 42 incarnations of “Law and Order,” not to mention the granddaddy of them all, “Perry Mason,” people have the general opinion that trials are won and lost in cross-examination.
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