PSYCH 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Henry Kissinger, Arson, New Zealand Dollar
7 Feb 2015
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Jury selection: evaluating individuals prior to being selected for service on a jury to maximize the probability that your side will be victorious. Harrisburg seven (1972: phillip and daniel berrigan (priests) and anti-war activists convicted, conspiracy to destroy draft board records, kidnap henry kissinger and bomb d. c. heating tunnels. Jury selection methods used and 10 voted not guilty and 2 voted guilty (both would have been eliminated but lied) Jo-ellen demetrius worked with the defense team and determined that african american women supported oj. Simpson and disliked marcia clark: best jurors: young, blue-collar, black women, less educated, lower ses. Final jury: 1 black man, 2 white man, 1 latino woman, 8 black women: o. j. Advantages of jury research: shows questions jurors want answered, early identification of problems in case. Indicated how jurors see the case: prepares the ground for mediation, provides realistic damage assessments.
