In this episode Trevor speaks with with lawyer and jury scholar Marie Comiskey about juries and juror comprehension. Topics discussed include, whether we are doing enough to equip jurors with the knowledge to make informed decisions, the purpose of jury instructions, the use of standard or model instructions in Canada, the challenge of drafting instructions that achieve legal accuracy while maintaining clarity, the challenges of studying jury comprehension in Canada, designing model instructions to help improve juror comprehension, the use of jury aids like juror note-taking, preliminary instructions, and decision trees, and discussing Marie's doctoral research examining the comprehensibility of model instructions and effectiveness of specific jury aids.