Some individual differences in perception of the evidence and the verdict choice

For the last century, social research has provided evidence that contradict s the idea of objectivity in judicial procedure. As a result, research on j urors' potential bias has emerged. We propose an alternative to traditional jury, one in which social researchers collaborate with judges and lawyers, providing them with information on the juror bias. Legal authoritarianism is one of the characteristics of personality, which seems to be linked to j uror verdicts. We present two studies, which develop a specific measure for this variable. The first study shows the relevance of legal authoritariani sm as a variable to describe the psychological profile of juror-eligible re spondents. The second study explores the relationship between legal authori tarianism and interpretation of the evidence, as well as the potential of t his variable to predict verdicts.