A Jury Is Considering Whether a Defendant Is Guilty or Innocent

question 13

Multiple Choice

A jury is considering whether a defendant is guilty or innocent. Eight of the jury members believe that the defendant is innocent before the deliberations begin. Once the jury begins its discussion a jury member who initially voted for guilt changes to vote for innocence. At this point the jury decides that the defendant is innocent. The decision rule in this case was likely to have been which of the following?

• A) First shift.
• B) Majority wins.
• C) Random selection among alternatives.
• D) Truth supported wins.

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