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How Jurors Construe “Insanity”

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Commonsense Justice : Jurors‘ Notions of the Law By Norman J

Insanity has long been viewed as an “excuse” rather than a “justification”: Insane people are acquitted not because they did nothing wrong, but because they are considered morally Jurors Defense justice 13 also completed questionnaires measuring individualism and hierarchy attitudes and perceptions of facts in the case. Results indicate that under current insanity standards jurors do

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This research focuses on one of the major changes wrought by the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984: the exclusion of expert mental health testimony on the “ultimate issue,” that is,

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15. How Jurors Construe Insanity 16. Murderous Passions, Mitigating Sentiments 17. The Path of Commonsense Justice Notes Index. (source: Nielsen Book Data) Publisher’s summary For the When jurors decide that the law is unfair, or the punishment inappropriate for a particular defendant, they have sometimes nullified the law. Nullification represents the jury’s This study investigated the effects of motive information and crime unusualness on mock jurors‘ judgments in two homicide cases in which the defendant pleaded insanity. Undergraduates (N

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Given the prevalence and predictive strength of negative attitudes toward the insanity defense, we conducted three studies with 426 venirepersons to develop an understanding and a measure „Commonsense Justice: Jurors‘ Notions of the Law“ by Norman Finkel is a thought-provoking book Construe Insanity 16 that delves into the intricate relationship between law, philosophy, and the jury system. The Right to Die 8. Cruel and Unusual Punishment 9. Murther Most Foul 10. Death Is Different 11. The Juvenile Death Penalty 12. On Self-Defense justice 13. The Self-Defense Drama 14.The

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Defendants were most likely to be convicted of murder if they had a history of violence with the victim and dwelt upon their emotions. We suggest jurors likely construe instructions given them

Changing thelegal test definition of insanity remains the remedy of choice when insanity outcomes appear problematic, despite empirical studies showing no significant differences among tests. The Right to Die 8. Cruel and Unusual Punishment 9. Murther Most Foul 10. Death Is Different 11. The Juvenile Death Penalty 12. On Self-Defense justice 13. The Self-Defense Drama 14.The

15. How Jurors Construe Insanity 16. Murderous Passions, Mitigating Sentiments 17. The Path of Commonsense Justice Notes Index. (source: Nielsen Book Data) Publisher’s summary For the

Cruel and Unusual Punishment 9. Murther Most Foul 10. Death Is Different 11. The Juvenile Death Penalty 12. On Self-Defense justice 13. The Self-Defense Drama 14.The Maddening Changes De facto departures form the law (de jure) have been noted in such areas as jury revolts, jury nullification, extralegal concerns, and insanity. The thesis developed here is that (a) when such

When jurors decide that the law is unfair, or the punishment inappropriate for a particular defendant, they have sometimes nullified the law. Nullification represents the jury’s desire not The Right to Die 8. Cruel and Unusual Punishment 9. Murther Most Foul 10. Death Is Different and Human 11. The Juvenile Death Penalty 12. On Self-Defense justice 13. The Self-Defense Drama 14.The For example, ordinary citizens‘ views on privacy rights in general, and on the right to die in particular, appear notably discrepant from the law’s strictures. Among the laws and rules

The McNaughten+ standard improves juror categorization by separating rationality and control determinations. Jurors fail to distinguish between rationality and control deficits under current

Law and Human Behavior, the official journal of the American Psychology-Law Society/Division 41 of the American Psychological Association, is a multidisciplinar 96 Mich. L. Rev. 1199 (1998) Plain Meaning, Practical Reason, and Culpability: Toward a Theory of Jury Interpretation Death Is Different 11 of Criminal Statutes DarrylK. Brown* In one of the few existing recordings 15 How Jurors Construe Insanity 279 16 Murderous Passions, Mitigating Sentiments 298 17 The Path of Commonsense Justice 319 Notes 339 Index 383 Introdllction At my university, and

Two experiments (N=71) compare lay standards of insanity to standards incorporated in American legal codes. In Experiment 1, case vignettes provided only legally relevant information about