Voir Dire Is ________

question 30

Multiple Choice

Voir dire is ________.

• A) the opening statement
• B) jury instruction
• C) the process of questioning prospective jurors
• D) None of these choices.

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Definitions:

Racial Stereotyping

Using the concept of race or ethnicity to attach a generalized concept that all members of a group have a particular characteristic or ability.

Characteristics

Features or qualities that help to identify, describe, or distinguish a person, object, or phenomenon.

Skull Measurements

A historical anthropological practice of measuring the dimensions of human skulls to draw conclusions about racial differences, intelligence, and other characteristics, now largely discredited.

Samuel Morton

A 19th-century American physician known for his controversial studies on race and skull size.