Source of article ComCon - Communication Consulting.

Judges exhibit their leaning in cases, and jurors take their cue from their judge. Even subtle differences in how judges read jury instructions can influence verdicts. Researchers (Blanck et al., 1985; Blanck et al., 1990; Hart, 1995) have investigated how judges’ expectations for the outcome of a trial predicted both (a) the judges’ verbal and nonverbal behavior, and (b) the verdicts returned by juries…