PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jury Nullification, Mathematical Model, Psy
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Both the prosecution and the defense hired trail consultants to help with jury selection. The trail consultants on both side came to similar conclusions. The prosecution dismissed their trail consultant after the second day. Evidence for selecting a particular type of juror: looking for incompetent jurors and corruption, selected black jurors so that they would more relate to the corruption of the police, the oj case was lost at jury selection. Olczack, kaplan & penrod (1991) in a challenge for cause, lawyers no better at detecting bias than students. In canada, most cases are judged without a jury. In canada, there is a presumption that jurors are not biased and can be impartial. In the us there is a presumption that jurors are inherently biased and must be challenged. In use they are allowed to challenge the cause while in canada evidence must be presented in order to challenge.
