According to the Text, Which Statement About the Role of Strong

question 8

Multiple Choice

According to the text, which statement about the role of strong jurors is FALSE?

• A) In a 12-person jury, a preliminary 8 or 9 votes for conviction is a toss-up as to the outcome.
• B) In Kalven & Zeisel's study 67 percent of the outcomes were those voted by the initial majority.
• C) The foreperson's vote is more strongly predictive of outcome than that of the other jurors.
• D) Forepersons are selected within the first five minutes of deliberations in 80 percent of trials.

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