Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychopathy, Bipolar Disorder, Victim Blaming
13 Jan 2018
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Apply the law (provided by judge) to facts. 12 people from community (cid:862)ba(cid:272)k up jurors(cid:863) for lengthy trials 2 extra jurors are selected in case there are any from the original 12 who drop off. Unanimous decisions: all 12 have to agree on the same decision. If they cannot reach a unanimous decision, we say that the jury is hung; this is bad, it means that the entire trial has to been done over again. To get the letter, you have to be on the voter and numeration list. You also need to have a fixed address, you also need to be a canadian. Lawyers, law students, judges, police, military, medical doctor, firefighters, elected politicians statutory exemption (2) impartiality: if you are unable to be unbiased, you will not be selected. Lawyers get to select the jurors - their name and number are drawn - asked whether they can be neutral and unbiased.
