Exam 13: Jurors and Juries

A) A defendant's background
B) A defendant's appearance
C) Pretrial publicity
D) All of these are correct.

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A) Defendant's appearance
B) Pretrial publicity
C) Evidentiary strength
D) Defendant's demeanor

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A) The implicit power to convict defendants despite evidence and judicial instructions to the contrary
B) The implicit power to acquit defendants despite evidence and judicial instructions to the contrary
C) The implicit power to acquit defendants only when evidence and judicial instructions support such decision
D) The implicit power to convict defendants only when evidence and judicial instructions support such decision

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A) Jurors may think more about inadmissible evidence as a direct consequence of their attempts to follow the judge's request to suppress thoughts of it.
B) When a smoker contracts lung cancer, jurors blame the cigarette manufacturer for elevating the nicotine level in its product, not the smoker for his or her habits.
C) As active information processors, jurors desire to make a decision based on what they believe is just, not necessarily one based on legally relevant information.
D) As the consequence of one's actions becomes more severe, we are likely to blame a person for it, thus making the incident somehow more controllable.

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A) power that the judge has to override the jury's verdict
B) power that the jury has to render a verdict that is not unanimous
C) power that juries have to render a verdict that is not in line with the law
D) None of these are correct.

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A) glowing
B) damning
C) admissible
D) Both A and B

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A) The general public is sympathetic to civil plaintiffs.
B) The jury is suspicious of civil plaintiffs.
C) The general public is suspicious of corporate defendants.
D) Both B and C

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A) the evidence is too difficult for laypeople to understand
B) the voir dire procedures result in less capable jurors
C) the jurors are asked to absorb and retain excessive amounts of information
D) All of these are correct.

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A) Juror B would evaluate this evidence as favoring the prosecution while recognizing loopholes in another piece of evidence
B) Juror A would evaluate this evidence as favoring the defense while recognizing loopholes in another piece of evidence
C) Juror A might evaluate it as favoring neither party, distorting his or her interpretation of the evidence away from its objective value
D) Juror B might evaluate it as favoring neither party, distorting his or her interpretation of the evidence away from its objective value

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A) Jurors should have this discussion as an award is required to be reduced by the amount already covered by the plaintiff's insurance.
B) Jurors should have this discussion because it is reasonable, although not required, for them to reduce the award amount because of insurance coverage.
C) Jurors should not have this discussion as the amount of insurance coverage is not relevant to the question of the amount of damages to award.
D) Jurors should not have this discussion as the true amount of insurance coverage is not usually available to jurors.

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A) Jurors take a straw poll very early in their discussion to establish the factions that see things in different ways.
B) Each faction of jurors attempts to defend its stand in order to disprove evidence provided by other factions.
C) Jurors review crucial pieces of evidence in order to reach an agreed-upon consensus about how to interpret that evidence.
D) The processes are extremely time-consuming and thus ultimately lead to frustration among the jurors.

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A) decide in favor of the plaintiff in civil trials
B) decide in favor of the defendant in criminal trials
C) rely on their biases and assumptions to decide a case
D) decide in favor of defendants in both civil and criminal trials

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A) jurors evaluated the testimony of the experts based on the expert's qualifications, the quality of the expert's reasoning, and the expert's impartiality
B) an expert's personality significantly affects decisions
C) an expert's appearance significantly affects decisions
D) the most important part of the expert's presentation is information regarding the expert's qualifications

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A) Propensity evidence
B) Prior record evidence
C) Character evidence
D) None of these are correct.

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A) intent
B) conduct
C) guilt
D) neglect

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A) produce more interpersonal conflicts prior to formal deliberations.
B) promote cohesion among jurors, thereby reducing the time for deliberations.
C) facilitate the formation of premature judgments about the evidence.
D) All of these are correct.

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A) New Jersey
B) California
C) Massachusetts
D) Utah

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