juror bias
Prejudiced trial participant
Juror bias is a preconception or prejudice that prevents a juror from evaluating evidence impartially.
It may stem from personal experience, media exposure, or attitudes toward parties in a case.
Attorneys attempt to identify juror bias during voir dire, the jury selection process: The defense moved to strike the juror for bias after she revealed her brother was a police officer.
- voir direPretrial juror examination
- religious beliefsConvictions about the sacred
- framing effectBias from how options are worded
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
- political ideologyBeliefs about governance
community values · groupthink · venire · socioeconomic status · halo effect · media influence · courtroom drama · empanelment · emotional reasoning · open mind · jury selection · jury panel · twelve · peer pressure · cognitive dissonance · foreman · preconception · first impression
juror biasopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
fair-mindedness · even-handedness · tabula rasa · blank slate · detachment