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 Testing the Effects of Selects Jury Trial Innovations on Jur
Note:
              This awardee has received supplemental funding. This award detail page includes information about both the original award and supplemental awards.
Award Information
Awardee
              B. Michael Dann
Award #
              2002-IJ-CX-0026
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Williamsburg, VA
Awardee County
              WILLIAMSBURG CITY
Congressional District
              2
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2002
Total funding (to date)
              $225,518
Original Solicitation
              Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2002, $213,418)
Project Summary for 2002-IJ-CX-0026    (S-1)
The applicant, Judge Michael Dann, has been a Practitioner Visiting Fellow at the National Institute of Justice designing a project that will test the effects of selected jury trail innovations on juror comprehension of challenging material, in particular contested DNA evidence. The innovations are 1) conducting a pretrial tutorial in basic DNA science, 2) allowing jurors to ask questions of expert witnesses, 3) allowing juror discussion of the evidence during trial recesses, and 4) providing jurors with a checklist to follow and evaluate the DNA evidence. Fifty mock jury trials, 10 for control purposes and 40 experimental, will be conducted using the same factual scenario and DNA presentation. Questionnaires will be administered to all the groups at the conclusion of the trials and following jury deliberations. Jury deliberations and trial discussions (where permitted) will be videotaped for later study.
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Supplemental Award 1 (Fiscal Year 2002, $12,100)
Project Summary for 2002-IJ-CX-0026    (S-1)
The applicant, Judge Michael Dann, has been a Practitioner Visiting Fellow at the National Institute of Justice designing a project that will test the effects of selected jury trail innovations on juror comprehension of challenging material, in particular contested DNA evidence. The innovations are 1) conducting a pretrial tutorial in basic DNA science, 2) allowing jurors to ask questions of expert witnesses, 3) allowing juror discussion of the evidence during trial recesses, and 4) providing jurors with a checklist to follow and evaluate the DNA evidence. Fifty mock jury trials, 10 for control purposes and 40 experimental, will be conducted using the same factual scenario and DNA presentation. Questionnaires will be administered to all the groups at the conclusion of the trials and following jury deliberations. Jury deliberations and trial discussions (where permitted) will be videotaped for later study.
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Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Can Jury Trial Innovations Improve Juror Understanding of DNA Evidence?
                                                                      NIJ Journal,
                  Testing the Effects of Selected Jury Trial Innovations on Juror Comprehension of Contested mtDNA Evidence: Final Technical Report




  
Grant-Funded Datasets
        
                      http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04356

  
Date Created: September 29, 2002
    
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