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- Courting the jury. Paul, Annie Murphy // Psychology Today;Jan/Feb98, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p9
Informs how precision of language instructions to jurors in the United States affects their decisions in court. How training can create serious consequences; How jurors rely on the judge's opinion.
- Crime and Recreant Juries. // America;1/5/1924, Vol. 30 Issue 12, p282
The author reflects on the jury in the U.S. that disregards both its oath of duty and the submitted evidences. The murder case in which New York Judge Alfred J. Talley commented that the dignity and majesty of the law has been lost when the jury refused to convict the murderer who killed a...
- Dumbing down citizenship. Brunet, Robin // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;09/07/98, Vol. 25 Issue 38, p25
Discusses the case of Gillian Guess, a Canadian jury member who was convicted of obstruction of justice for having an affair with the trial's suspect. Concern that uninformed and amoral jurors are becoming more common; Guess' contention that she committed no crime; Question of why she was not...
- Papers win access to transcript. // Editor & Publisher;04/26/97, Vol. 130 Issue 17, p53
Reports that South Carolina newspapers `Greenville News' and the `Anderson Independent-Mail' won access to the transcript of a hearing on alleged juror misconduct in the case of a man awaiting execution. The man awaiting execution for the 1988 slaying of an elementary school principal.
- Astor trial shines light on jury-room tensions. Peltz, Jennifer; Matthews, Karen; James, Susan // Buffalo Law Journal;10/15/2009, Vol. 81 Issue 83, p12A
The article reports on the tension among the jurors of the epic criminal case about the wealth of philanthropist Brooke Astor. It cites several conflicts that happened in the jury-room such as arguments and controversies that affected the personal lives of the jurors. Moreover, jury consultant...
- HOW MUCH SHOULD THE PEOPLE KNOW? IMPLICATIONS OF METHODOLOGICAL CHOICES IN THE STUDY OF INTENTIONALITY AND BLAME ASCRIPTIONS. Botero, Maria; Buccafurni-Huber, Diana; Desforges, Donna // Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice;2016, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p101
Several studies have shown that people are more likely to attribute intentionality and blame to agents who perform actions that have harmful consequences. This kind of bias has problematic implications for jury decisions because it predicts that judgment in juries will malfunction if an action...
