Exam 12: Law

A police officer testifies that the defendant in a murder trial confessed to the crime.Under cross-examination,the officer reveals details of the interrogation that suggest it is likely that the defendant was coerced into confessing.How are jurors likely to react to the confession evidence?

The members of a jury are at the point in their deliberations where they are scrutinizing the evidence,constructing stories to account for the evidence,and discussing the judge's instructions.This jury is at what stage of deliberation?

Research on the leniency bias and jury deliberations suggests that which of the following juries will have the easiest time reaching a unanimous decision?

The members of a jury have been deliberating for several weeks.As they begin to converge on a verdict,disagreement is smoothed over and satisfaction with the verdict is affirmed.This stage of deliberation is called the period of

The tendency to use one stimulus as a reference point in judging a second stimulus is called the______________effect.

Kara sees a news story on television about an upcoming criminal defendant who was previously charged with similar crimes.If Kara is selected to serve as a juror for this defendant's trial,it is likely that

Shaquille has been selected to be the foreperson of his jury.It is likely that Shaquille will

Research concerning race and capital punishment indicates that

Kwame,a noted psychologist,has been called as an expert witness in a trial.Kwame is least likely to provide which testimony?

Eighteen-year-old André has been accused of statutory rape because he had sex with his 17-year-old girlfriend,who is a minor.When the case goes to trial,the prosecution presents evidence confirming that André broke the law;yet______________ the jurors vote not guilty because they feel the law is outdated.The jury's action illustrates

In what way is pre-trial publicity______________dangerous?

Research by Sommers and Norton (2007)on the impact of race on the use of peremptory challenges implies that attorneys

One reason judges' instructions tend to have little impact on jurors is that

As deliberation begins,nine jurors think that the defendant is guilty.At first,the three jurors who think otherwise are resistant to changing their minds,but after hearing what the others have to say,they are genuinely persuaded and decide to vote guilty.The factor most likely to have led these three jurors to change their verdict is

One criticism of scientific jury selection is that it

Judge Kellogg has just read a case file in which a defendant who had committed statutory rape was sentenced to 25 years in prison.He is considering sentencing in a statutory rape case in which the prosecutor is asking for 10 years for the defendant.Instead of going with the 10 years recommended by the prosecutor,he chooses to impose a sentence of 22 years.Judge Kellogg's decision illustrates the______________effect.

Pre-trial publicity tends to produce a bias against defendants because

Sommers and Ellsworth (2001)found that when a crime involves race,Caucasian jurors

A witness's consumption of alcohol is______________most likely to pose problems______________for the______________of memory,which involves the person's perception of events as they take place.

The tendency for the presence of a weapon to draw attention and impair a witness's ability to identify a culprit is called the