The liberation hypothesis suggests that, when faced with ambiguous evidence, jurors will ________.
A. decide in favor of the plaintiff in civil trials
B. decide in favor of the defendant in criminal trials
C. rely on their biases and assumptions to decide a case
D. decide in favor of defendants in both civil and criminal trials
Answer: C
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a. case study b. naturalistic observational c. laboratory observational d. archival
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a. sample b. population c. theoretical population d. accessible population
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