Humanizing someone makes it harder for you to take action against them.
In a court room you don't want the jury looking at them like they are a monster. So you say their name. You make them seem relatable.
If you are a female and are kidnapped, you talk to your capture, you tell them your name, you try to engage them so they see you as human not prey
It's a tactic. The lawyer was not being incompetent.
It's very common for a defense attorney to use psychological techniques during trial to humanize their clients. In fact, any lawyer worth his salt would attempt to do it.
This specific technique is designed to make the jury feel like they are acquainted with the defendant. They may not be consciously aware of it, but that sense of acquaintance influences the jury's decision on guilt.
This is actually a defense tactic. By referring to him by his first name, he is attempting to humanize him to the jury.
He's right. When he says humanize, he means he is getting the jury to think of him as a person not a monster that carelessly murdered 3 people.
He could be your son, your brother, your friend, your boyfriend.
Anyway, it is a common tactic and one that women are taught in order to protect themselves, make yourself a human not prey.
Humanizing someone makes it harder for you to take action against them.
In a court room you don't want the jury looking at them like they are a monster. So you say their name. You make them seem relatable. If you are a female and are kidnapped, you talk to your capture, you tell them your name, you try to engage them so they see you as human not prey
It's a tactic. The lawyer was not being incompetent.
You may be over-estimating normies.
It's very common for a defense attorney to use psychological techniques during trial to humanize their clients. In fact, any lawyer worth his salt would attempt to do it.
This specific technique is designed to make the jury feel like they are acquainted with the defendant. They may not be consciously aware of it, but that sense of acquaintance influences the jury's decision on guilt.