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According to the passage, one reason why juries attract so much public attention is that ----.
People are fascinated by juries. They are the
focus of a disproportionate number of novels and
movies, and the 1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson
virtually brought the United States to a standstill
because people could not miss the exciting
televised court proceedings. Juries represent one
of the most significant decision-making groups,
not only because they are presented as a symbol
of all that is democratic, fair and just in a society
but also because of the consequences of their
decisions for defendants, victims and the
community. A case in point is the 1992 Los Angeles
riots, which were sparked by an unexpected
'not guilty' verdict delivered by an all-white jury in
the case of the police beating of a black suspect.
Juries are groups and thus are potentially prey to
the deficiencies of group decision-making. In
addition to these problems, there are a number of
issues to do specifically with the task confronted
by juries. One issue is the influence of laws and
penalties on the jury. Harsh laws with stiff penalties
tend to discourage juries from convicting,
which is quite the reverse of the intention of
legislators who introduce such laws. Juries have
to deal with enormous amounts of information
presented in court. It has been suggested that
information delivered later in the trial is more
heavily weighted in decision-making. Further,
inadmissible evidence, that is the evidence given
by witnesses or interjected by counsel but is
subsequently ruled to be inadmissible for
procedural reasons by the judge, still has an effect
on jury deliberation.