Excerpt from Opening Speech of John Graham, Esq., To the Jury, on the Part of the Defence, on the Trial of Daniel E. Sickles, in the Criminal Court of the Distr

Jury Speech Rules shows trial lawyers that persuasive jury opening statements and closing arguments require imagination, story-telling skills, and a thorough kn

The American courtroom trial is a speech situation. Everything occurs through the spoken word. The 'summation', as speech event embedded within the trial, which