Some problematic issues of the participation of a defense lawyer in a jury trial

The article discusses some of the established prohibitions that a defense lawyer faces in a jury trial. In particular, the issue of limiting the perception of the defendant's personality solely by procedural characteristics. The authors come to the conclusion that it is possible to submit to the jury to investigate the data on the identity of the defendant in order to make a decision on the issue of leniency. The possibility of announcing the conclusions of forensic psychological examinations or complex forensic psychological and psychiatric examinations by a defense lawyer is analyzed. The attention is focused on the fact that the trial with the participation of jurors is one of the most intense types of legal proceedings in terms of its psychological content. On the basis of psychological knowledge, practical issues of tactics and strategies for building a defense speech of a defense lawyer before a jury are analyzed.