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Legal jargon increases guilty verdicts, reduces trust in judicial system, study finds

Jurors grappling with complex legal jargon are more likely to vote guilty while coming away less confident in their own performance and the judicial system, according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research.

Legal jargon increases guilty verdicts, reduces trust in judicial system, study finds
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Jurors grappling with complex legal jargon are more likely to vote guilty while coming away less confident in their own performance and the judicial system, according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research.

Originally published at Phys.org

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