Chat with AIExam 7: B: Juries: Fact Finders
What is meant by the juror characteristic of impartiality? What are two of the issues surrounding impartiality?
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Verified-Impartiality: A characteristic of jurors who are unbiased
-Three possible issues:
a.To be impartial means a juror must set aside any pre-existing biases,prejudices,or attitudes and judge the case solely on the basis of the admissible evidence.
b.For a juror to be impartial,he or she must ignore any information that is not part of the admissible evidence.
c.A juror should not be connected to the defendant.A juror is partial if he or she has a connection to the defendant so may view the evidence subjectively and unduly influence the other jurors.
In the context of jury decision making,identify two defendant characteristics that are most likely to result in guilty verdicts,and briefly explain each.
(34) Verified-Criminal history: greater guilty verdicts are returned when jurors are exposed to defendants prior criminal history,especially if there is one or more convictions on record.
-Attractiveness: Jurors tend to be more lenient towards attractive defendants and more punitive towards unattractive defendants.
-Stereotypes: Jurors attend more to the evidence presented in cases where the defendant fits their stereotype (i.e.,male offender),which leads to higher guilty verdicts in stereotypical cases.
List four proposed reforms for judges' instructions aimed at facilitating juror understanding.
(42) Verified-rewriting instructions
-providing a written copy of instructions to jurors
-pre- and post- evidence instructions
-having lawyers clarify legal instruction during their presentation to the jury
List one advantage and one disadvantage of using simulation studies to investigate jury decision making.Briefly outline a simulation study to study the effects of victim characteristics in a sexual assault case on juror decision making.Make sure you clearly identify your independent variables (and/or person characteristics)and dependent variables.
(37) List two proposed advantages and two proposed disadvantages associated with the asking of questions by jurors as a courtroom comprehension aid.
(34) Besides the method of placing a ban on pretrial publicity,name and explain two other methods that courts can employ to increase the likelihood of jury impartiality.
(35) In the context of jury decision making,distinguish between the terms polarization,leniency bias,and black sheep effect.
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