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27 THE JUROR'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WHY YOUR THEORY ON THIS ISSUE IS REASONABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE JUROR'S LIFE EXPERIENCE 3. CASTING THE NET TO CATCH THE JUROR'S COMPARABLE LIFE EXPERIENCE A. MAKE THE NET WIDE ENOUGH TO CAPTURE ANY PERMUTATION OF THE LIFE EXPERIENCE YOU ARE SEEKING: [TELL US ABOUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SITUATION WHERE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW WELL INSISTED HE OR SHE WAS RIGHT ABOUT A PARTICULAR FACT OR EVENT ONLY TO LEARN LATER THAT HIS OR HER RECOLLECTION WAS TOTALLY WRONG] 1. DON'T LIMIT THE JUROR'S ROLE TO BEING THE PERSON WHO MADE THE MISTAKE 2. AS THE OBSERVER OF ANOTHER PERSON'S PERSISTENCE IN A MISTAKEN BELIEF OR OPINION, THE JUROR'S EXPERIENCE MAY BE JUST AS GRAPHIC AND THE PERSPECTIVE MORE OBJECTIVE