When jurors are exposed during the trial to a new piece of evidence, they tend to distort their evaluation of that evidence in a direction that supports their current verdict choice. What is this tendency called?
A. evidentiary distortion
B. current-to-future distortion
C. verdict predisposition
D. predecisional distortion
Question 2
Goodman-Delahunty, Greene and Hsio (1998) found that jurors in favor of the death penalty versus those opposed were more likely to infer that a presented defendant
A. intended to murder the victim.
B. displayed actions that suggested premeditation.
C. intended to murder again.
D. both A and B
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