Jurors And Juries

Question 1

Evidentiary Strength

Answer 1

Jury pay a considerable amount of attention
Prof Stephen Garvey - 3000 explain first vote caused by…
Judge assessment of evidence powerfully associated jurors

Question 2

Dual process models process of info

Answer 2

Competencies of the jury

React either deliberately and rationally or intuitively = quickly w/o careful analysis

Question 3

Extralegal information

Answer 3

Newspaper 
Attractiveness 
Overall irrelevant information
Judge Judy Mathews show
Black defendants saw whites more aggressive and violent as jurors harsher = race irrelevant evidence

Question 4

Aversive racism

Answer 4

Extralegal info

Avoiding showing racial bias

Question 5

Liberation Hypothesis

Answer 5

Evidence strength favor one side easy
Ambiguous information open to speculation assumptions
Extralegal affects verdicts

Question 6

The influence of prior record evidence

Answer 6

Guy had assaulted 7 year old girl
The employer found out and threatens to fire the guy
Guys stabbed employer
They used the prior assault to show intent to kill employer

Question 7

Limiting instruction

Answer 7

Response to prior record evidence
Limited use of record
Only test the credibility 
Rare work
Options. Plea bargain
Go to trail w/o Testify 
Testify risk prior coming out to the jury

Question 8

Character and propensity evidence

Answer 8

Negative character increase likelihood of conviction
More influenced by neg info than pos info
Propensity evidence evidence of other crime or wrong doing
Charles falsetta
Charges rape prior record two uncharged sexual assaults
Each story of rape matched jogging/walking/stopping same path/with the woman then tackle into the bushes to rape
3rd pickup woman 16 walking
Propensity evidence gives big picture

Question 9

To determine liability

Answer 9

Basis of conduct
Outcome severity Auto negligence case
More negligent when dmg. So severe

Question 10

Defensive attribution

Answer 10

Behavior that defends is from feeling of vulnerability also

Emotions

Question 11

Assessing Damages

Answer 11

Consider weight on evidence and. Attorneys fees have insurance award higher attorney fees
Disregard heightens jurors reliance reactance theory freedom to consider all threaten

Question 12

Can Jurors Disregard Inadmissible Evidence?

Answer 12

Thought Suppression - don’t think of a white bear
When no a group practice group thinking during deliberation lessens the affect
Fashion journalist beaten allegedly by black man
200lbs they assumed his race and size lead to the incident

Question 13

Experts testimony

Answer 13

Jurors dismiss there own common sense for the experts testimony
May think scientifically accurate
Created a net flow analysis that shows the bullies actions online that lead to the suicide 30 days not hate crime

Question 14

Instructions

Answer 14

Asses comprehension through testing, treated lawyers but also children b/c allowance w/in ct.
Don’t understand instructions
The legal language and presentation
Sentenced man to jail due to a lack of clarification, acted out the trail and mock jury concluded the conviction may not have happened more than likely
Rectify by using psycholinguistics give clear language

Question 15

Recent effect and Schema idea primacy effect

Answer 15

Recency effect given late in the trail
Schema theory gives framework when hearing the testimony out
Info Prior primacy

Question 16

Jury nullification

Answer 16

Ignore the law and not enforcing it
Null Instructions impacts by releasing emotional biases when persecution seems fair
There’s limited chaos

Question 17

Jurors online activities

Byron de la beckwith jury null and race

Answer 17

IMHO def glty jury dty cwot
Misconduct
The fascist man was shield for all trials 2 until 3 trial not of all white m convicted of murder