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Strategies to Mitigate the Effect of Confirmation Bias During Jury Selection and Deliberation

Jury Analyst

However, the intuitive approach to jury selection is subject to cognitive biases and relies on subjective impressions and stereotypes. The scientific approach to jury selection implements safeguards against human bias and uses objective methods. The results can also inform oral voir dire strategies.

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Strategies to Mitigate the Effect of Confirmation Bias During Jury Selection and Deliberation

Jury Analyst

However, the intuitive approach to jury selection is subject to cognitive biases and relies on subjective impressions and stereotypes. The scientific approach to jury selection implements safeguards against human bias and uses objective methods. The results can also inform oral voir dire strategies.

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Confirmation Bias: The Science Behind its Impact on Jury Selection and Litigation

Jury Analyst

As much as we would like to believe that the immense responsibility of deciding someones legal fate would ensure that jurors remain objective and free of bias, this idealistic expectation conflicts with the psychological reality of decision-making.

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Town Sanctioned for Prejudicial Breaches of Duty to Preserve in Alleged Sexual Assault Case; Court Also Addresses Use of Personal Email by Council Members

E-Discovery LLC

Plaintiff seeks limited discovery regarding the missing documents and a negative inference jury instruction regarding the contents of Vanderpool’s and Dupree’s personnel files and the missing emails. An objectively reasonable person in Fairmount Heights’ position would have taken steps to preserve these accounts.