Research on jury behavior suggests that
a. when the judge writes instructions in active rather than passive sentences and elaborates on abstractions like "reasonable doubt," jurors tend to apply the law with greater accuracy than they do otherwise.
b. a defendant who is found guilty on several individual criminal charges tends to receive harsher verdicts than a defendant who is found guilty on a single indictment that joins all charges.
c. the impact of the testimony of "dislikable" witnesses is similar to the impact of the testimony of "likable" witnesses.
d. none of the above
A
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