The Importance of DNA Evidence to Juries in Criminal Trials

Autor:	Rhonda Wheate
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Acquittal media_common.quotation_subject Management Monitoring Policy and Law Witness Scientific evidence Jury Law Criminal law Verdict Empirical evidence Psychology Criminal justice media_common
Zdroj:	The International Journal of Evidence & Proof. 14:129-145
ISSN:	1740-5572 1365-7127
DOI:	10.1350/ijep.2010.14.2.348
Popis:	This article draws upon interviews of real jurors in criminal trials in the Australian Capital Territory about scientific evidence and expert witnesses, which revealed that jurors' expectations of scientific evidence, particularly DNA profiling evidence, play an important role in determining whether or not the jurors, and juries, are able to comfortably deliver a guilty ***verdict or an acquittal. Where their expectations of DNA evidence are not met, high levels of juror frustration and speculation may culminate in hung juries.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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