How Does Research on Inadmissible Evidence Show That Juries Respond

question 36

Multiple Choice

How does research on inadmissible evidence show that juries respond to the judge's instructions to ignore such information?

• A) Juries ignore the information when it is inadmissible on the grounds of an unreliable source.
• B) Juries continue to consider the information when it is reliable but inadmissible because of a legal "technicality."
• C) Juries ignore the information if the foreperson reminds the panel of the judge's instructions.
• D) Juries ignore the information.

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