PT148.S4.Q17

PrepTest 148 - Section 4 - Question 17

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When expert witnesses give testimony, jurors often do not understand the technical information and thereby are in no position to evaluate such testimony. ████████ ██████ █████████ ██ ████████ █████ █████ ████ ███████████ ███████ ███ ██████ █████████ ██ ████ █████ ██████████ ████ ██████████ ███████ ███ ████ ██████ ██ ██████ ███ ███████████ ██ █████ ████████████

Summary

Jurors often do not understand the technical information provided by expert witnesses. Although these expert witnesses may make conflicting claims, both appear confident, leaving juries unable to assess how reliable their testimonies are.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

Juries may be swayed by factors other than reliability in a trial with expert testimony.

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17.

The statements above, if true, ████ ████████ ███████ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██████████

a

There should be ██████ ██████ ██ ███ ████ █████████ ███████████ ███ ██ ██████████ ██ ████ █████ ██ █████████ █ █████ █████

b

Jury decisions in █████ █████████ ██████ ███████ ███████████ ███ ███ ██████ ██████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██ █████ ████████████

c

Jurors who understand ███ █████████ ███████████ █████████ ██ █ ████ ███ ███████ ██████ ███ █████ ████████████ ███████████

d

Jury members should █████████ ██ ████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████ █████████ ██████████

e

Expert witnesses who ███████ ██ ████████ █████ ██ █████ █████ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ██ █████ ███████████ ██ █████████ ███████

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