RC Drill Set 7, Question 3
For centuries trial by jury has been a(452 more words not shown)
The passage implies that which(13 more words not shown)
- ARequiring unanimity gives(7 more words not shown)
- BConvictions based on(14 more words not shown)
- CJuries whose verdicts(12 more words not shown)
- DRequiring unanimity allows(4 more words not shown)
- ERequiring unanimity provides(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Why require everyone to agree? Our first thought might be that it makes the process fairer. But “fairer” is broad. We need an advantage the text actually supports, so keep the study about the initial minority in mind.
Working the answers
- A
We are not told that jurors feel more confident after reaching unanimity.
- B
There is no comparison of how often unanimous and majority convictions are overturned.
- C
The study does not tell us whether the initial minority favored acquittal or conviction. We therefore cannot turn its results into a claim about more acquittals. More acquittals alone would not establish fairer decisions anyway; we would need to know whether they were justified.
- D
Unanimity does not eliminate the separate concern about jury size. The author gives reasons to want larger juries, too.
- ECorrect
The second paragraph reports cases in which “an initial minority eventually prevailed.” If the majority can simply outvote a holdout, it need not win that person over. Requiring agreement gives the minority's reasoning a greater chance to be heard—and sometimes that reasoning changes the result. That is the specific benefit behind our broader prediction of fairness.
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