Trials-Opening_Statement-Captions.xml
Trials-Opening_Statement-Captions.xml
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<p begin="00:00:00.25" end="00:00:05.30">This is your legal minute, brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
<p begin="00:00:06.00" end="00:00:13.10">Once a jury is impaneled in a trial, the attorneys get to address the jury and make what are called “opening statements.”</p>
<p begin="00:00:13.20" end="00:00:16.40">The plaintiff goes first, followed by the defense.</p>
<p begin="00:00:16.50" end="00:00:21.60">An opening statement is very much like a preview of coming attractions at the movies:</p>
<p begin="00:00:21.70" end="00:00:27.00">the attorneys tell the jurors what they think their case will be, what the evidence will prove.</p>
<p begin="00:00:27.10" end="00:00:34.90">The idea is, like in coming attractions, to tantalize a juror or wet his or her appetite for more.</p>
<p begin="00:00:35.00" end="00:00:38.90">Therefore, opening statements are very important to attorneys.</p>
<p begin="00:00:39.00" end="00:00:41.70">They set the stage for the rest of the trial.</p>
<p begin="00:00:41.80" end="00:00:49.50">It’s also an opportunity for the attorney to gain some rapport and credibility with the jury—this is also vitally important.</p>
<p begin="00:00:49.60" end="00:00:57.80">Some experts say that an attorney can win or lose his or her case to a jury within the first two to three minutes of presentation,</p>
<p begin="00:00:57.90" end="00:01:00.30">depending on how the jurors react.</p>
<p begin="00:01:00.40" end="00:01:07.00">This legal minute is brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
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