Which of the Following Statements Is True About the Judge's

question 86

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about the judge's instructions?

• A) Most people admit that pretrial publicity has influenced their tendency to be biased.
• B) The effect of pretrial publicity on jury members can be removed by a judge's instructions to disregard such publicity.
• C) A judge's orders to ignore inadmissible testimony can boomerang-adding to the impact of the testimony.
• D) Getting jurors to publicly pledge their impartiality eliminates the effect of pretrial publicity.

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