Behind The Bar Episode 6: When The Trail Begins (Part 1)
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The courtroom changes the moment the jury walks in.
After months, sometimes years in many cases, of preparation, motions, discovery, strategy, and uncertainty, the case is no longer happening behind closed doors. Now, every decision matters in real time.
In this episode of Behind the Bar, criminal defense attorney Keith Johnson takes listeners inside the pressure, psychology, and emotional intensity of a jury trial from the defense table. From late-night preparation and voir dire to cross-examination and courtroom strategy, Keith pulls back the curtain on what it truly feels like to stand beside someone whose future hangs in the balance.
This is not Hollywood.
This is the tension of reading jurors in real time. The pressure of challenging witnesses under oath. The weight of carrying another person’s freedom into battle before twelve strangers.
Because once the trial begins… there is nowhere left to hide.