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The lawyer concludes that jury instructions should be given in simple language. She supports this by saying that convoluted language is meant to make instructions precise, but it's more important for jurors to have a basic but adequate understanding of their role than to focus on the precise details.
The lawyer assumes jurors can gain an adequate understanding of their role with simple instructions and without focusing on precise details. She also assumes that convoluted instructions often don’t give jurors an adequate understanding of their role and jurors are more likely to gain an adequate understanding through simple instructions.
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It’s more important for jurors to have a basic understanding of their role than to focus on the precise details. If most jurors are less likely to understand convoluted instructions than simple ones, it makes sense that jury instructions should be given in simple language.
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It’s more important for jurors to have an adequate understanding of their role than to focus on the precise details. If most jurors don’t have an adequate understanding after receiving convoluted instructions, it makes sense that instructions should be given in simple language.
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It’s important for jurors to have a basic but adequate understanding of their role. The lawyer’s recommendation to give jury instructions in simple language is strengthened by the fact that simple instructions can give jurors such an understanding.
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This doesn't strengthen the lawyer’s recommendation to give jury instructions in simple language. She already said that it’s more important for jurors to have an adequate understanding of their role; it doesn’t matter if simple instructions can’t provide complete precision.
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It’s important for jurors to have a basic but adequate understanding of their role. The lawyer’s recommendation is strengthened by the fact that jurors can have such an understanding even if they don’t know the precise details of their role.
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