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The expansion of mass media has led to an explosion in news coverage of criminal activities to the point where it has become virtually impossible to find citizens who are unaware of the details of crimes committed in their communities. █████ ██ ██ █████████ ████████ ████ ██████ ███ ████ ███ █████ ██ █ ████ ███ ████ ██████ ████ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██ ████ ██ ███████ █████ ███ █████ ███ ████ ██ ██ ████ █████████ ██ ███████ ██████ ███ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████ ████████ ██████████ ██ █████ ██ ██████ █ ████████ ██████████ █████████ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ██ █ ████████ ████ ██ █████ ████████ ███████ ████████████ ██ ██████ █████████ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████ █████████

Problem · Mass media coverage of crime has made it hard to impanel impartial jurors

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Solution · Moving trials to new venues, giving specific instructions to juries

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Critique (of Solution) · Change of venue and instructions cannot render jurors impartial

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Solution · Voir dire

Questioning of potential jurors to determine impartiality

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Critique (of Solution) · Voir dire is unrealiable

1. Some potential jurors don't tell the truth; 2. Some potential jurors are confused about what they know; 3. Some judges ask leading questions.

Consequences of Critique · Some countries have abandoned voir dire

Problem · How to ensure impartiality?

Author's Solution · With the right jury composition

Impartiality is a property not of an individual juror but rather of the collective jury. It can be achieved via a process of deliberation among informed, curious, and even opinionated jurors.

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The author doesn’t “propose” a new method. Voir dire is an existing practice that the author discusses.

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This best captures the purpose of P3, which is to discuss the remedy of voir dire and criticisms of it as a method to ensure impartiality. Voir dire is a “traditional” method in that it is a method that judges currently rely on.

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P3 involves only a discussion of voir dire, not other methods.

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(D) doesn’t describe why judges are wary of voir dire. Rather, it presents certain critics’ reasons for finding voir dire flawed. We have no reason to think these critics are judges.

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The author doesn’t criticize the people who criticize voir dire. Rather, she presents those critics’ views in P3.

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