jury stress

jury stress
The mental and physical tension found to affect juries in long trials due to exhaustion, sequestration, the mountain of evidence, and the desire to do the right thing.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

jury stress
n.
   a form of mental, emotional, psychological, physical and sexual tension found to affect juries in long trials due to exhaustion, sequestration, the mountain of evidence and the desire to do the right thing.
   See also: jury

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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