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Part of the reason for the Supreme Court decision in Roper v. Simmons (2005) was a result of research findings showing that key psychological capacities of juveniles are not fully developed compared to adults. These key capacities include all of the following, EXCEPT:

According to a report completed by Gookin (2007), nearly _____ have been incarcerated as a result of the SVP laws in the United States since 1990. As of 2007, _____ of them have been released.

If juries systematically exclude _____, the legal system _____.

When doing research on eyewitness memory, social scientists often look at many factors. Factors that are outside the control of the legal system are referred to as:

The tendency of people to be better able to recognize faces of those within their own racial group than those outside their racial group is referred to as the _____ effect.

Information released in the media through pretrial publicity is often _____ at trial.

When presented with a lineup, Morgan was able to identify the perpetrator of the robbery she had witnessed. She was not sure of her identification at first, but when the investigator mentioned that another witness also chose the same suspect, her confidence that she remembered the perpetrator well grew close to 100%. This is an illustration of:

A requirement to create an unbiased lineup seems obvious. However, there were many cases of lineups with the fillers not closely resembling the main suspect. Research found that such biased lineups lead to:

Information released in the media through pretrial publicity is often _____ at trial.

When presented with a lineup, Morgan was able to identify the perpetrator of the robbery she had witnessed. She was not sure of her identification at first, but when the investigator mentioned that another witness also chose the same suspect, her confidence that she remembered the perpetrator well grew close to 100%. This is an illustration of: