PSYC 3310 : Psychology and the Law ch 6

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3310
• Professor: Regina Schuller

Document Summary

Juries act: provincial/territorial legislation which outlines criteria for how jurors are picked: differences across provinces: age and professions (lawyer/police) that can be exempt. Jury summons: given to all prospective jurors for the time and place of duty (you have to show up, even if you might not become a juror; can be fined or have jail time) 2 challenges lawyers can use to reject a prospective juror: Impartiality: a lack of bias on the part of jurors; has 3 issues: To be impartial, and pre-existing bias/prejudice must be set aside; can only judge on evidence. Juror must ignore info that is not admissible evidence (media attn) Juror can"t know the defendant: threats w/ impartiality: defendant doesnt get a fair trial: based on juror"s emotion and media (giving more +ve info on the accused, then less guilty verdicts and vice versa)