RT Article
T1 Misinformation encountered during a simulated jury deliberation can distort jurors´ memory of a trial and bias their verdicts
JF Legal and criminological psychology
VO 25
IS 2
SP 150
OP 164
A1 Thorley, Craig
A1 Beaton, Lara
A1 Deguara, Phillip
A1 Jerome, Brittany
A1 Khan, Dua
A1 Schopp, Kaela
A2 Beaton, Lara
A2 Deguara, Phillip
A2 Jerome, Brittany
A2 Khan, Dua
A2 Schopp, Kaela
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1838621776
AB PURPOSE-Jurors swear to base their verdicts solely on the evidence presented at trial. Their recall of a trial during deliberation can, however, be inaccurate, exposing other jurors to misinformation about the trial. This study examined whether jurors who are exposed to misinformation during a simulated deliberation, where the misinformation supports the prosecution's case, will misremember the misinformation as appearing during a trial and be more likely to reach a guilty verdict. It also examined whether allowing jurors to take notes during a trial, and refer to those notes throughout, stops these potentially harmful effects.METHODS-One hundred and twenty-four participant jurors watched a murder trial. Half were allowed to take notes. They then read a transcript of a deliberation that either contained or did not contain six pieces of pro-prosecution misinformation. Afterwards, they reached a verdict. Finally, they completed a source monitoring test that required indicating whether the misinformation, and actual trial information, appeared during the trial.RESULTS-Jurors exposed to misinformation misremembered it as appearing during the trial. Those who misattributed the most misinformation to the trial were most likely to reach a guilty verdict. Note taking, and note access, did not stop these effects.CONCLUSIONS-Jurors can make mistakes when recalling a trial during deliberation but the consequences of this were largely unknown. This study provides initial evidence that their mistakes may distort other jurors' recollection of the trial and bias their verdicts. Attempts to replicate these findings using live deliberations are encouraged to determine their generalizability.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 161 - 164
NO gesehen am 08.03.2023
NO First published: 12 May 2020
K1 Juror
K1 memory conformity
K1 verdict
K1 misinformation
K1 note taking
DO 10.1111/lcrp.12174