Getting the Jury to Like and Like Elizabeth

The svengali defence isn't so much about making an argument that holds up under the law, because it's about getting the jury to empathize with elizabeth and to like her. We sometimes talk about jury nullification in its purest form. It means the jury is convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the person is guilty. Facts and the law are all against the defendant, but the jury says, we like this person, and we hate the prosecutor, we hate the law, and we're just going to acquit anyway. Elizabeth knows how to tell stories that strike an emotional chord, like this one she told at a tedm conference in two thousand 14.