In a Jury Deliberation Context, the "Leniency Bias" Refers to

question 4

Multiple Choice

In a jury deliberation context, the "leniency bias" refers to

• A) jurors' tendency to go easier on ingroup defendants versus outgroup defendants.
• B) the impact of judicial instructions on jurors..
• C) the tendency of individual jurors to be more likely to vote guilty on their own than in a group.
• D) the finding that judges are harsher on defendants than are juries.

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