Wed, 06/05/2013 - 9:27am — Anonymous
Dr. Patterson joined the show to discuss how the attorneys -plan on selecting an impartial jury for Whitey Bulger. Art said that the defense should seek out smart people who are able to pick apart the prosecution.
[0:00:00] ... and final hour Dennis and Callahan jury selection begins today in the Whitey Bulger trial. Doctor Arthur Paterson has been a jury consultant a social psychologist for more than twenty years he provided research and strategic counsel more than 300 clients including. Conducting -- research groups preparing witnesses greeting jury attitude and decision -- surveys. And providing expert testimony on jury biases doctor Patterson joins us on the AT&T text like AT&T forgy LT eat the doctor Patterson how -- -- Why are you were doing very well 675. Potential jurors in the Whitey Bulger case two part question is that an inordinately large number and how does the winnowing process begin today doctor Patterson. Well they've -- large number but it's not. Inordinately large -- case of this titans you know the typical case the green thirty jurors six features. And and winnow out those who might have a personal interest might have problems. But for anything really high profile case I think OJ Simpson. I think Whitey Bulger you're gonna have to have a lot of people come in. To be able to remove those who have. Personal knowledge of ...
[0:02:34] ... needs Smart feature. And the prosecution does not need them the more highly educated smarter and the reason why. If the prosecution case is pretty straight forward in terms of oh my god look what happened ...
[0:05:55] ... defense we put. How would you know if somebody from let's say South Boston would make a good juror that's where he -- that's where his crime on Playboy was. And their remains and there was in the remains a group out of some people South Boston. Who who have some sort of weird sympathy for Whitey Bulger with -- a juror from South Boston make sense for the prosecution or not. Well that that's the big gamble yeah I. Is it someone from their neighborhood who ...
[0:07:43] ... it impossible to find twelve plus six who are very aware of Whitey Bulger story doctor Patterson. Chair now it is impossible be a -- going to try to do yeah do we want we do ...