1. ASK REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS
A REFLECTIVE QUESTION IS ONE THAT, IN ORDER TO ANSWER, JURORS MUST REFLECT UPON THEIR OWN SITUATION AND EXPERIENCES, AND THOSE OF THEIR FAMILIES.
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3. SOME FOLKS FEEL THAT MEDICAL CARE HAS GOTTEN BETTER OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. OTHER FOLKS FEEL IT’S WORSE. WHICH GROUP ARE YOU A LITTLE CLOSER TO?
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5. MEDICAL CARE HAS GOTTEN BETTER OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
DON’T AGREE OR DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
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7. WHAT IF SOMEONE ELSE POSSESSED SOMETHING ILLEGAL AND YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IT? YOU SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
DON’T AGREE OR DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
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9. “IF I DON’T KNOW ABOUT AN ILLEGAL ITEM IN MY HOME THAT WAS BROUGHT IN BY SOMEONE ELSE, I SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.”
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
DON’T AGREE OR DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
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11. IT IS BETTER TO LET 10 GUILTY MEN GO FREE THAN TO CONVICT ONE INNOCENT MAN.
STRONGLY AGREE
AGREE
DON’T AGREE OR DISAGREE
DISAGREE
STRONGLY DISAGREE
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13. IT’S BETTER TO LET A GUILTY MAN GO FREE THAN TO CONDEMN AN INNOCENT MAN.”
STRONGLY AGREE
AGREE
DON’T AGREE OR DISAGREE
DISAGREE
STRONGLY DISAGREE
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15. “IF THE WITNESS DOESN’T TAKE THE WITNESS STAND HE’S LIKELY GUILTY.”
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
DON’T AGREE OR DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
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17. “SINCE THE DEFENDANT IS IN COURT AND IS CHARGED WITH A CRIME, HE MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING.”
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
DON’T AGREE OR DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
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19. REASONABLE DOUBT 1 2 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
WHAT CONSTITUTES REASONABLE DOUBT? 2
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21. WHAT IS REASONABLE DOUBT?
IT IS A DOUBT THAT IS REASONABLE
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23. “REASONABLE” MEANS USING REASON.
“REASON” MEANS USING LOGIC.
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25. IF THE PROSECUTOR DOES NOT RULE OUT EVERY LOGICALLY POSSIBLE DOUBT, THE VERDICT IS “NOT GUILTY”
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27. MAKING THE PROSECUTOR RULE OUT EVERY LOGICALLY POSSIBLE DOUBT MAKES THE PROSECUTOR’S JOB TOO HARD AND MINE TOO EASY.
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DISAGREE
DON’T AGREE OR DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE

29. WHEN IS A DOUBT REASONABLE?
A DOUBT ABOUT THE EVIDENCE IS REASONABLE IF, BASED ON THE EVIDENCE, THERE MAY BE AN INNOCENT EXPLANATION.

31. EXAMPLE:
POLICE OFFICER PULLS OVER A CAR. THERE ARE 4 PEOPLE IN THE CAR. HE FINDS DRUGS IN A SUITCASE IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR. JOE IS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR. WITH THIS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION IS THERE ANOTHER EXPLANATION OTHER THAN JOE POSSESSED DRUGS AND IS GUILTY OF POSSESSING THE DRUGS?
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33. WHAT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE TO RULE OUT THAT JOE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE DRUGS IN THE SUITCASE?
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35. POLICE OFFICERS DO NOT LIE ON THE WITNESS STAND.
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
DON’T AGREE OR DISAGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
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37. ADDITIONAL REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS CIVIL:
SOME FOLKS FEEL THAT HIGHWAY TRAVEL IS SAFER THESE DAYS THAN TEN YEARS AGO; OTHERS THINK IT’S LESS SAFE. WHICH ARE YOU CLOSER TO?
SOME FOLKS FEEL THAT TEN OR FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, THE PRODUCTS THAT COMPANIES WERE MAKING WERE A LITTLE SAFER THAN NOW. OTHER FOLKS FEEL THAT NEWER ONES ARE PROBABLY SAFER. WHICH GROUP ARE YOU CLOSER TO?
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