The Jury's Emotional Temperature

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Judge O'Toole says he kept a close eye on the jury, trying to take what he called their emotional temperature. The worst thing was autopsy pictures of Martin Richard's body that were put into evidence as part of the government's case. "I kind of looked down at the jury and think, well, this is a lot for the day," Judge O' toole said.

“What we ask jurors to do is to just absorb all this trauma and just to keep on absorbing it and not process it with anyone. Just hold it in and hold it in and hold it in.” A look at what happens during and after a trial – and how some courts are trying to help jurors.

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