Alibi Instruction
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
14605_psalm_printing_van_fire · CRIMINAL · Choice A{'text': "Before you may consider Daniel's claim of alibi, you must decide whether he has produced sufficient evidence to raise the issue.", 'why_wrong_or_correct': 'The choice creates a jury screening gate before considering alibi. The Gold Key removes that gate because alibi evidence goes to presence.'}
Why it's attractive
The choice adds a threshold before the jury may consider evidence.
Why it's wrong
The choice adds a threshold before the jury may consider evidence.
14605_psalm_printing_van_fire · CRIMINAL · Choice C{'text': "If Daniel's evidence has caused you to have a reasonable doubt as to whether he set fire to the van, you must find him not guilty.", 'why_wrong_or_correct': "This sounds close because it says reasonable doubt. Silver Key: it wrongly makes Daniel's evidence the source of doubt instead of asking whether presence was proved."}
Why it's attractive
The choice says reasonable doubt but attaches it to Daniel's evidence.
Why it's wrong
The choice says reasonable doubt but attaches it to Daniel's evidence.
14605_psalm_printing_van_fire · CRIMINAL · Choice D{'text': 'Alibi is a matter of defense and so must be established by Daniel; however, the burden of persuasion is by a preponderance of the evidence, not beyond a reasonable doubt.', 'why_wrong_or_correct': "Dominant trap. Gold Key: alibi is not Daniel's burden; the prosecution must prove presence beyond a reasonable doubt."}
Why it's attractive
The choice makes Daniel prove the alibi.
Why it's wrong
The choice makes Daniel prove the alibi.
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