What takes place during the jury decision-making process? How effective is the process in accurately determining guilt or innocence?
What will be an ideal response?
Juries vary by size and voting requirements. Decisions are supposed to be based only on the facts of the case, but unfortunately that is not always the case. Deliberation is done in secret. The Capital Jury Project completed a mock jury study and found that case characteristics, evidence, personal beliefs, and past experiences all equally influence the weight of a juror's decision.
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The essential point of Justice Blackmun's dissent in Arizona v. Youngblood (1988), arguing that the state's non-intentional failure to preserve semen evidence in a sexual assault case should be a due process violation,
is that such evidence is _________________________ _________________. Fill in the blank with correct word.
Contain(s) criminal procedure guidelines that federal criminal justice practitioners are required to abide by
A) State constitutions B) State statutes C) The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure D) The federal Constitution
Female offenders are abused more frequently than male offenders. Which finding is not found when assessing abuse differences among male and female offenders?
a. Males tend to be mistreated as children, but females are mistreated as both children and adults. b. Males report more abuse if they had lived in a foster home or another structured institution. c. Higher levels of abuse were reported among offenders who had an incarcerated family member. d. Female offenders who were abused used drugs or alcohol more frequently than did male offenders.
What are the four principles around which the theory of differential oppression is organized?
What will be an ideal response?