Hey Judge, these instructions are, like, too long or, like, in Latin or something

Hey Judge, these instructions are, like, too long or, like, in Latin or something http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001662.html Legal language, what a coincidence. Listen to this short piece on NPR's Morning Edition this morning, reporting that "judges and legal experts" in California "are revamping the instructions given to jurors for the state's criminal cases. Studies have shown that... en-us Simplifying legalese http://www.margaret-marks.com/Transblawg/archives/001119.html Eric Bakovic at Language Log has a post on legalese. He refers to a short radio piece on npr reporting that many jurors are confused by the language of jury instructions. Numerous studies show that jurors are confused by the...