When jurors are exposed during the trial to a new piece of evidence, they tend to distort their evaluation of that evidence in a direction that supports their current verdict choice.What is this tendency called?
A) evidentiary distortion
B) current-to-future distortion
C) verdict predisposition
D) predecisional distortion
Correct Answer:
Verified
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