The Impact of Jury Instruction Formatting and Insanity Defense Consistency on Juror Knowledge and Decision-Making

Past literature has indicated that jury instructions are not written in ways that result in optimal juror comprehension, and can be improved through various ways of simplification. Prototypes of the insanity defense have also been found to influence juror decision-making. Additionally, individual fa...

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Main Author: Tsao, Elaine
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2015
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/549
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1575&context=scripps_theses