What hypothesis suggests that when the evidence is uncertain, jurors are freed from the constraints imposed by the law and therefore may feel free to take legally irrelevant factors into consideration?

A. the Jury Nullification Hypothesis
B. the Liberation Hypothesis
C. the Jury Hypothesis
D. none of these


Answer: B

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