importance‚ and information. These men used the representative heuristic by utilizing their schema of "slum kids" as a prototype. They also used the availability heuristic as media portrays these children in a bad light. Ultimately‚ this led to confirmation bias as the jurors expected that the boy must be guilty due to their stereotype/prejudice towards "slum kids" and so they only remembered details that supported this. Alternatively‚ the opposed juror (juror #8) acted
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How should judges be appointed? Judges in the UK are often upper class‚ white men who have become judges through a good higher education and then a further training in judiciary. Currently‚ there are no black high court judges however the black population in prison is for ever growing. For the purpose of this essay‚ I shall be arguing that judges should be appointed based mostly on life experience and relativity. Of course a standard law degree and a solid understanding of the law is necessary but
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obvious‚ they had a large impact on the team’s ultimate failure. Looking further into these factors‚ it is apparent that there were several personal biases and perceptions that served as the root of the team’s failure. For example‚ the anchoring bias is evident as Conner immediately presented his concept to the team and refused to
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12 Angry Men illustrates the dangers of a justice system that relies on twelve individuals reaching a life-or-death decision. Discuss. 12 Angry Men‚ written by Reginald Rose‚ follows 12 members of a jury that must decide whether an inner-city teen is guilty of premeditated murder. If the jurors and the court rule the teen guilty‚ it would mean the death of the accused. The criminal justice system is meant to find the guilty‚ punish them‚ and let the innocent go free. Many would argue that
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later struck twice with a taser gun. Following the Rodney King incident ‚ The Report of the Los Angeles Police Department (1991) found that “there was excessive use of force by Los Angeles Police officers and that this was compounded by racism and bias.” One quarter of the 960 Los Angeles Police officers that were surveyed agreed that officers were racial toward minorities. Witnesses who testified said that the Los Angeles Police Department as a whole “tolerated discriminatory treatment .“ They
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has deprived minorities of their rights throughout the years. In Strauder v. West Virginia‚ the State excluded blacks from the jury. The State law stated that “all white male persons who are twenty-one years of age and who are citizens of this State shall be liable to serve as jurors” (Sullivan and Gunther 487). A black man facing trial in the 1800’s against an all white jury doesn’t stand a chance. The Court found that to deny citizen participation in the administration of justice solely on racial
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stated in court on the night of the murder. A moral person thinks things through‚ examines them against right and wrong‚ and doesn’t let their own personal bias get in the way of their decision. They uphold their integrity and realize the severity of the situation‚ because as they know “a boy may die.” The reason that the other members of the jury at first automatically voted “Guilty” was because they let an array of different elements interfere with their moral deliberations. Sometimes people get
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should have proper evidence or theory to back their opinion. At the beginning‚ all except the 8th juror voted guilty. Everyone is shocked and there was a request for all the 11 juror to speak their opinion in order to change the vote of the 8th jury. Since the court hearing are not shown‚ viewers have no options but to focus on each of the jurors opinions and points. This story is about how each of the jurors perceive the murder case and solve it. There are several factors that affects an individual
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The legal issues presented in this film are as follows: the effects of the media on citizens to ridicule lawsuits such as Stella Liebeck’s‚ the effects of limiting the amount of money that can be awarded by a jury in damages to the plaintiff otherwise known as caps on damages‚ such as the case of Colin Gourley‚ the corporations’ influence and power in judicial elections as well as the extent they will go to as experienced by Oliver Diaz‚ and the effects of mandatory arbitration in the work place
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The Role of the Prosecutor All serious criminal cases require the participation of three individuals: the judge‚ counsel for the prosecution‚ and counsel for the accused. If any one of these are absent from the procedure‚ Athe criminal justice system is incomplete@ (Congress). The prosecutor stands at a critical stage in the criminal justice system as well as playing a critical role before‚ during and after the trial. They serve many functions throughout the criminal process. Some of which are investigating
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