PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Henry Morgentaler, Peremptory Challenge, Sexual Assault
3 Aug 2016
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Canadian charter of rights and freedoms: 11. (d) to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal. Function: 12 heads are better than one, protect against out of date laws, increase knowledge of the justice system, part of democracy, conscience of the community. Nullification: jurors may choose to ignore the law. Law unfair, punishment too harsh: chaos theory. Self-report: jurors relied more on attitudes and perception. Following standard instructions: (meissner, brigham, & pfeifer, 2003) Usa: lots of freedom in jury selection. Canada: peremptory challenge, challenge for cause, limit on pretrial publicity, post-trial interviews illegal. Precise and testable but probably too optimistic: use of algebra equations. Story model: process evidence/construct 1 or more stories, judges provide relevant law, jurors choose best fit. Extralegal influences: age, race, gender, religion, demeanor, attractiveness, size/obesity, culture. Victim: particularly relevant to sexual assault cases, schuller and hastings (2002):
