Research 1

Source:
Emphasize the Civic Role of Your Civil Trial
http://www.persuasivelitigator.com/2014/07/emphasize-the-civic-role-of-your-civil-trial.html

My Topic:
Civic Participation in Criminal Trials should exist since it has many benefits.

What I hope to learn from this source:
I want to find the reason that support my opinion or the fact that rebut opponent's opinion.

Notes:

1. Ask for Larger Juries : the larger and more representative jury offers a more inclusive and dynamic public space
2. Ask for Unanimity. In trials with a required unanimous verdict, jurors deliberate longer and harder  
3. Play Up the Organization. we shouldn't try to make the organization disappear altogether. If the case is just person versus person, then jurors are less likely to put the case in the kind of frame that would emphasize their own community voice.
4. Play Up the Political. Look at what values are at play in your case and ask, "How will this jury's verdict impact the community?"
5. Get seriousness. You are the community's voice in determining what we do and don't allow in the marketplace. As a group, this jury provides the decisive word on whether we still embrace personal responsibility or not. Both companies involved in this case, the judge and the community at large, have come to you asking for that vital ingredient: common sense. 

Final Thoughts:

This source is perfect to support my opinion - rebutting the opponents' idea. Especially, It can support the opinion that we can remove the flaws of practicing Civic participation in Criminal Trials through doing these things. Also I need more sources to support my reason that practicing Civic Participation in Criminal Trials is benefit.