Are judges and lawyers well equipped to identify valid evidence in the courtroom?
Review of Chorn & Kovera (2019) - Variations in Reliability and Validity Do Not Influence Judge, Attorney, and Mock Juror Decisions
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Avoiding the unavoidable: Pretrial publicity and it's effects on jury selection
With the expansion of technological media over the past few decades, court trials have faced more intense public interest and media...
EYEwitness or LIEwitness?
In 1994, Paul Simmons was stabbed to death. Two eyewitnesses identified Jermaine Arrington and he was convicted. Despite two people...
Is a jury of students like a jury of peers?
Jury simulations composed of college students are often used as a tool for legal, behavioral, and psychological research. The question...
Jurors Can't Ignore Media Biases
High profile cases often attract a significant amount of media attention, which makes the process of jury selection insanely difficult....
“Gisty” Intuition: How Jurors Generate Awards
What do jurors think about to generate damage awards? Step into the mock jury deliberation room with researchers Reed, Hans & Reyna to see
“Jury of your peers”: A standard we aren’t currently meeting
If you were asked to describe the American justice system, how would you describe it? Does your description include the phrase “jury of...
Does mathematical ability make you a better juror?
Imagine you were called for jury duty and asked to decide a case where a pedestrian was hit by a car. It was clear the driver was...