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Feb 28, 2022 · Jurors who enter the courtroom with a bias towards the prosecution are more likely to see the evidence from the prosecution’s perspective, and dismiss the evidence presented from the defence (and...
Feb 23, 2021 · A recent case in the English Court of Appeal (Criminal) raises the question of how we ought to handle jurors who ask questions during a trial, where those questions suggest that the juror a) might be biased, or b) may not actually accept the law.
Feb 28, 2022 · Through presenting expert testimony, biased conclusions could end up influencing the jury. We have made several recommendations in our review. First, we suggest a jury selection procedure, using measures like the PJAQ, where jurors with prejudicial biases are weeded out from the jury pool.
Jun 3, 2024 · New data from researchers at the University of Birmingham raises critical questions about whether the public in England and Wales see juries as fair and just, particularly to racial minorities. Experts surveyed 1,000 people and found that most (61%) believe that more diverse juries are fairer, yet juries in England and Wales remain extremely ...
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Juror decision-making research investigates how individual jurors evaluate information and examines their pre-trial biases and the cognitive mechanisms behind the verdicts they reach. But jury decision-making research is more interested in the deliberation room, and the social processes that allow a verdict to be reached. It is important to first i...
Our research has shown that the mere process of making a decision can produce a bias. Over a series of experiments, we showed that sometimes jurors do not use all the information available to make a decision. We showed that verdicts favoured before all the information has been shown can lead to confirmation bias and pre-decisional distortion. Confi...
These results have a number of implications in relation to the courtroom. First, the legal system should give a warning to jurors of the effects of pre-decisional preferences, as previous research suggests that a warning of pre-decisional distortion can reduce the effects of cognitive biases. Second, future research should investigate the effects o...
Aug 17, 2023 · Like all humans, jurors are “fallible beings” who may have biases that can lead to confirmation bias – when jury members distort the evidence “against their preferred verdict”, or give “more...
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Oct 1, 2022 · The court’s inquiry regarding whether viewing the defendant in shackles during trial biased the jury raises some interesting empirical questions: Can jurors’ legal judgments be affected by implicit (unconscious) biases initiated by viewing observable characteristics of the defendant?
