On shows like Law & Order, attorneys routinely make statements they know will be stricken from the record. Is that done in real trials and if so, how can judges truly expect juries to “disregard” the statement?

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On shows like Law & Order, attorneys routinely make statements they know will be stricken from the record. Is that done in real trials and if so, how can judges truly expect juries to “disregard” the statement?

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Law & Order is [copaganda](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUnwk1oAxZU&t=440s). No one in a courtroom want’s you the average person to know how trails work and quite frankly how they don’t.