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SUBMITTER: Curley LJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310652 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Curley Lee J LJ Murray Jennifer J MacLean Rory R Munro James J Lages Martin M Frumkin Lara A LA Laybourn Phyllis P Brown David D
Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 20210504 3
The Scottish verdict of <i>not proven</i> represents a second acquittal verdict which is not legally defined. Existing research into the influence of the <i>not proven</i> verdict on jury decision making is modest. The main aim of the current study was therefore to investigate the influence of verdict systems (two vs three) on juror decision making. The effect of pre-trial bias and evidence anchors on juror judgements were also examined. One-hundred and twenty-eight mock jurors listened to two h ...[more]