Exam 3 chapter 9 Flashcards

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Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968 and the U.S. Supreme Court in Taylor v. Louisiana

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: fed and state courts must assemble juries that constitute a “fair cross section of the community

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 What is usually referred to as jury selection is actually a process of ____

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deselection

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 The source for the jury pool is primarily

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voter registration

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 The lists used by jury commissioners often underrepresent

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poor people, African Americans, Hispanic people, people who move frequently, and people who recently turned 18

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venire

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the group of prospective jurors that shows up

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___% of summoned don’t show up

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20

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 One day or one trial system

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: potential jurors make themselves available for 1 day. If selected, they’re done when the trial is over. If they’re not, they’re done at the end of the day

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voir dire

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to speak the truth in french
 During this stage, attorneys and the judge ask potential jurors a series of questions to determine who will serve on the jury

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9
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two challenges for jurors lawyers can use

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challenge for cause and preemptory challenge

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challenge for cause

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remove a would-be juror, the lawyer is claiming that, because of bias or prejudice, it is unlikely that the juror will be able to render an impartial verdict based only on evidence and law

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preemptory challlenge

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an attorney can dismiss a juror without giving a reason and without approval from the judge. Each attorney is allotted a small number of peremptory challenges

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cognizable groups

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 Potential jurors who are members of certain groups are cognizable in the sense that they are recognized as sharing a characteristic or attitude that distinguishes them from other potential jurors

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o Social media analysis

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scour the internet to gather personal info and create a full profile of the juror to see if theyre good for the case

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trial consultants

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offer a data driven approach, use mock jurors, send out comminity questionaire

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supplemental juror questionaires

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prospective jurors fill out before voir dire

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16
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preemptory challenges _____ matter

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dont

17
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scientific jury selection was used in the

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harrisburg seven and the OJ simpson case

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o Overall, the ______of the evidence presented at trial is the ____ predictor of whether a defendant will be convicted or acquitted

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1) persuasiveness
2) best

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o multiple regression

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— a technique that statistically combines a large group of variables to predict an outcome variable (verdict, in this study).

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o The___ predictor variables only accounted for ___-___% of the variance in verdicts

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1) 21
2) 5-15

21
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o female jurors are slightly ___ likely to treat accused rapists and child molesters ____ harshly.

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more

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o men talk ____ than women during deliberations. A related finding is that men are ___ likely to be elected as foreperson.

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more

23
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three personality traits that have an effect on the verdict

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locus of control, belief in a just world, and authoritarianism

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locus of control

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refers to how people tend to explain what happens to them

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internal locus of control

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tend to see their outcomes as due their own behaviot

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external locus of control

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tend to see their outcomes as due to forces outside of their control

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o An “_____” juror might be more likely to blame the woman for her difficulties and be less likely to convict. An “_____” juror may be more likely to hold the company responsible and decide in favor of the woman

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1) internal
2) external

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belief in a just world

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how strongly they believe the world is just

people who believe tend to derogate victims

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authortarianism

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They tend to have conventional values; their beliefs tend to be rigid; they are intolerant of weakness; they tend to identify with and submit to authority figures; and they are suspicious of and punitive toward people who violate established norms and rules.

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revised legal attitudes questionaire (RLAQ) and the Juror bias scale (JBS)

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measures personality trairs and understanding of jurors

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baston v kentucky 86

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cannot exclude jurors based on race, not very enforced

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satisficers

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work to please others, may make decision based on what others decide

33
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who gives the first opening statement?

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prosecution

34
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 Opening statements are powerful, ___% didn’t change opinion afterwards

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66

35
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order of witness and evidence presentations

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prosecution goes first,
exam, cross-exam, re-direct, re-cross

36
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who goes first in the closing statements?

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defense

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