The Strike List
Reptile Theory's Afterlife, and the White-Collar Jury Problem
This week on The Strike List: reptile theory's afterlife in voir dire, and the distinctive jury-selection problem in federal white-collar cases. The Reptile Theory in Voir Dire: Does It Still Work? — The triune-brain science behind reptile theory has been rejected, but safety-framing tactics still shape juror attitudes because they exploit documented cognitive biases rather than primitive brain structures — https://www.strikelistai.com/blog/the-reptile-theory-in-voir-dire-does-it-still-work/ White-Collar Crime Juries: Selection Challenges for Federal Prosecutors — Financial sophistication cuts both ways, peremptories are capped at ten per side under Rule 24(b) while cause challenges are not, and Batson discipline matters most where demographic assumptions are mo...
