What percentage of prospective jurors from across the nation do you assume would be fair and impartial

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What percentage of prospective jurors from across the nation do you assume would be "fair and impartial" if:

a. One of the parties in the case was a gay man or lesbian?

b. One of the parties was an African-American?

c. One of the parties was a Hispanic?

d. One of the parties was an Asian?

e. One of the parties was a tobacco company?

f. One of the parties was a politician?

What percentage of prospective jurors from across the nation do you assume would act on their own beliefs of right and wrong regardless of legal instructions from a judge?

Do you believe that responses of prospective jurors about such matters would be different once they were seated and participating in the solemnity of an actual trial?

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Understanding the Law

ISBN: 978-0538473590

6th edition

Authors: Donald L. Carper, John A. McKinsey

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