For the most part, until the 1980s, courts only allowed attorneys to question potential jurors about their demographics and general values and beliefs, and occasionally about their life experiences. Rarely were attorneys allowed to ask about a juror’s attitudes about specific issues in the case. These questions were deemed to be too “invasive”. Consequently, most of the scientific research which inquired about the existence and implications of jury bias found only occasional relationships between a juror’s demographics or personality traits and their verdicts.16 Research indicated that certain demographic characteristics, personality traits, and a few general values and beliefs often indicated inappropriate influences over jurors that colored their perceptions of evidence. The Advocates (Advocacy Sciences, Inc.). © The Advocates (Advocacy Sciences, Inc.). Richard Waites, J.D., Ph.D. Jim Emshoff, Ph.D.
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