Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
Summer 2023
Abstract
We explored the content of mock jurors’ deliberation statements about a case involving an adolescent who was coerced to falsely confess. Participants (N=140) read a mock trial depicting either a 14-year-old or 18-year-old male defendant charged with aggravated robbery and felony murder, rendered verdicts, and shared explanations for their verdicts with ostensible fellow jurors. Mock jurors were just as likely to convict a 14-year-old defendant as they were to convict an 18-year-old defendant. Yet, mock jurors made more mitigating statements and uncontrollable attributions about the 14-year-old than the 18-year-old, which in turn, predicted diminished guilty verdicts.
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Recommended Citation
Rachman, Gabriela and Stevenson, Margaret, "Effects of Defendant Age on Mock Jurors’ Attributions For a Coerced Confession" (2023). John W. Adams Summer Scholars Program in Socio-Legal Studies. Paper 5.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/summerlegalprogram/5
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