Persuading a Jury - Pickell Flashcards
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Pp
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236 psychology students, opportunistic
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Aim
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Role of judges instructions and whether legal implications are explained
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RM
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Lab experiment
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Procedure
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Split into 2 groups, listened to tape of trail, answered questionnaire, judge have legal explanations for inadmissible evidence for 1 group
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Results
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Legal explanations for inadmissible evidence = less guilty verdicts (vice versa)
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Conclusion
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Legal explanations for inadmissible evidence = jurors think about it more = affects verdict
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Title
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Effect of evidence being ruled inadmissible