This paper discusses law and how it applies to Social Psychology. It will discuss the three stages during a jury trial: the jury selection, the courtroom drama, and the jury deliberation. The next application we are going to look at is the post trial, where sentencing and prison come into play. The last application we are going to look at is justice inside and outside of the courtroom.
Everyone accused of a crime in the United States has the right to a trial by an impartial jury. Jury selection involves a three stage process. The first stage is to use voter registration lists, telephone directories, and other sources to accumulate a master list of eligible citizens that live in the community. The second stage is to call a certain amount of people randomly to duty. The last stage is known as voir dire, individuals on jury duty go through a pretrial interview. There are a number of reasons a juror can be let go, including knowing the person on trial or if the individual knows about......
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