Setting the Scene with Cyndy Short

On this episode of the Trial Lawyers College podcast, Andy Delaney and Amanda Harber sit down with sentencing advocacy expert Cyndy Short to explore mitigation as storytelling. Cyndy explains how to build persuasive sentencing narratives, shares concrete courtroom techniques (role-reversal, setting the scene, humanizing clients), and offers practical tips for advocates handling high-stakes capital and non-capital matters. A must-listen for trial lawyers who want to make sentencing advocacy more humane, strategic, and effective.

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Setting the Scene with Cyndy Short is an episode from The Trial Lawyer's College Podcast by Trial Lawyers College.

This episode is 16:31 long.

This episode was published on Mar 30, 2026.

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