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Sommers and Ellsworth (2001) found that when a crime involves race, Caucasian jurors
 
  a. discriminated against an African-American defendant.
  b. avoided discrimination against an African-American defendant.
  c. were particularly motivated to be elected foreperson of the jury.
  d. processed trial evidence less carefully than when the crime was race-neutral.

Question 2

Henry is a Caucasian male and the foreman of a criminal jury. The defendant in the trial is also a Caucasian male, and the evidence against him is quite strong. Research suggests that Henry is likely to be
 
  a. harsher in his judgments than he would have been if the defendant were not Caucasian.
  b. more lenient in his judgments than he would have been if the defendant were not Caucasian.
  c. more forceful than the other jurors in making his arguments about the case.
  d. less concerned with procedural aspects of the deliberations than other jurors.



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KKcool

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a




ghost!

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
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