PrepTest 153, Section 1, Question 16
Criminal courts frequently rely on accomplice witnesses (witnesses(444 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(7 more words not shown)
- ADo jurors give(22 more words not shown)
- BTo what extent(21 more words not shown)
- CIs the bartered(18 more words not shown)
- DHow common is(10 more words not shown)
- ETo what extent(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
“Explicitly addressed” means we should be able to point to an answer already given. The discussion tells us why witnesses might lie and why jurors may not account for that. It doesn't give us every comparison or every legal rule we might want to know about this system. Let's check the specific question each choice asks.
Working the answers
- A
The author suggests that jurors may underestimate incentives in both situations. That isn't a finding that jurors give the same amount of weight to the two kinds of confession evidence. A similarity in the problem doesn't establish equal weight.
- B
We learn that incentives may include reduced sentences and that some offers need not be disclosed. We aren't told the extent of prosecutors' or investigators' authority to offer those benefits. Examples of incentives don't establish the legal limits on offering them.
- C
Accomplices and jailhouse informants are discussed together. The author doesn't rank one group's testimony as more reliable than the other's.
- DCorrect
The end of the second paragraph says “lying informants are rarely prosecuted.” That directly answers how common prosecution is: uncommon. Keep the qualification. Rare prosecution isn't the same as no prosecution at all.
- E
The studies identify a tendency among jurors to overlook external influences. They don't compare individual jurors to tell us how much their ability to detect a lie varies.
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