Jury instructions and mock-juror sensitivity to confession evidence in a simulated criminal case

摘要: ABSTRACTWe investigated whether enhanced jury instructions, which added empirical findings about confession evidence to standard could sensitize mock jurors the in a criminal trial transcript. Participants (N = 314) read detailed transcript of simulated murder trial, followed by or instructions. The key was defendant’s recanted confession, gathered police using either coercive (weak case) appropriate (strong tactics. For example, testimony weak case, but not strong indicated that suspect likely intoxicated when interviewed, and lied against him hinted at leniency if he confessed. instruction groups rated likelihood defendant killed victim as significantly higher case than they were also more find guilty case. In co...