PSYC 367 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mail And Wire Fraud, Authoritarianism, Irresistible Impulse
30 Oct 2018
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Racial disparities in peremptory challenges still common. Extremely rare to prove batson rule was violated. Prosecutors trained about how to avoid batson objection. An investor and hedge fund founder, was charged with eight counts of securities and wire fraud. His history of inflating drug prices affected how potential jurors felt about him even though that information was irrelevant for the case. Belief in a just world (somebody"s outcome is necessary because things happen for a reason. Punishment is fair and the more severe it is, the more justified it is) Only modest associations between traits and conviction-proneness. Trial consultants are trying to make forensic evidence compelling. Could be considered insane if: could not resist the insane impulse to perpetrate the deed, though knowing it to be wrong (smith v. united. Aka the policeman at the elbow test. An accused is not criminally responsible if his unlawful act was the product of a mental disease or mental defect .
