Studies suggest that juries

a. place too much confidence in DNA evidence.
b. are less likely to convict a defendant wearing eyeglasses because presumably eye glasses imply intelligence
and, hence, the defendant wouldn't do anything as foolish as he or she was accused of.
c. tend to inappropriately incorporate pretrial publicity into their jury deliberations, often without being aware of it.
d. do all of these.


ANSWER: d

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