The Question of Whether Jurors Who Identify Strongly with a Certain

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Multiple Choice

The question of whether jurors who identify strongly with a certain defendant and empathize with his or her situation will be less likely to fault or convict them is called the:

• A) compassionate-acquittal hypothesis.
• B) similarity-leniency hypothesis.
• C) empathy-nullification hypothesis.
• D) identification-liberation hypothesis.

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