PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Harrisburg Seven, Decision Rule, Toyota Racing Development
11 Dec 2016
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Jur y dec i si on -ma ki n g. Summary offences less serious crimes, heard by judge alone. Indictable offences more serious crimes, choice to be heard by judge or alone or by jury. Hybrid offences can be tried as summary or indictable offence. Occurs when a jury ignores the law and the evidence, rendering a verdict based on some other criteria. Chaos theory when jurors are guided by their emotions and persona biases rather than by the law, chaos in judgment occurs. Representativeness random selection from community, representative of community. Impartiality attitudinal (prejudice) and behavioral (discrimination: to be impartial. A juror must set aside any pre-existing biases, prejudices, or attitudes and judge the case based solely on admissible evidence. They must ignore any information that is not part of the admissible evidence. The juror must not have any connection to the defendant.
