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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 donβt 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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Most jurors do βββ ββββ ββ ββββββββ βββββββββββββ ββ βββββ ββββ βββββ βββββ βββββ ββββ ββββββββββββ ββ βββββββββββ ββββββββββ βββββββββ
Jury instructions formulated ββ βββββββ ββββββ ββββββββββββββ ββββββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββββββββ βββ ββββ ββ βββ βββββββ
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Jurors do not ββββ ββ ββββ βββ βββββββ βββββββ ββ βββββ ββββ ββ βββββ ββ ββββ ββ ββββββββ βββββββββββββ ββ ββββ βββββ