When Juries Are Listening to Testimony and Trying to Decide

question 24

Multiple Choice

When juries are listening to testimony and trying to decide whether or not a defendant is guilty, they are using

• A) selective perspectives.
• B) "mind reading."
• C) intuition.
• D) "mind mapping."

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