The Jury Will Disregard: The Effects of Objectionable Evidence and Objections on Juror Behavior

• In Event: Trust, Evidence, and Truth in Politics

Brief Overview

Do juries disregard problematic evidence when instructed? Utilizing a survey experiment, we make participants jurors and instruct those in treatment groups to objectionable evidence to measure their reaction to the evidence and objections thereto.

Authors

• Kevin Gerald Lorentz, Saginaw Valley State University

• Kimberly A Anne Saks McManaway, University of Michigan-Flint

• Shriya Yarlagadda, University of Michigan-Flint

• Dana Baumgart, University of Michigan-Flint

• Kyla K. Stepp, Central Michigan University