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

D

Psychology

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Psychology

According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), death rates from liver disease are far more frequent among _____ than in other ethnic groups

Fill in the blank with correct word

Psychology