Dixon- Inadmissable Evidnece

Question 1

What does inadmissible evidence mean?

Answer 1

Person on stand should have have said what they did (for whatever reason) and the jury are instructed not to use this as evidence

Question 2

Broeder (1959)

Answer 2

• suggests inadmissible things could be said deliberately
• lab experiment
• mock jury but pps we’re actually on jury service
• listen to tapes (one tape was of a women who was injured by careless male driver)
• found if an insurance company has to pay, jury will give victim more money
• when told to ignore insurance info, pps rewards victim with much more money

-shows that inadmissible evidence has great importance

Question 3

What does the study show?

Answer 3

That inadmissible evidence has great importance

Question 4

Bad points:

Answer 4

-Ethical issues- info from mock trail could be distressing.

Question 5

Good points:

Answer 5

-Broeder- used real jurors (easier to generalise findings)