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Confusing Rationality Of Inference With Constitutionality Of Mandatory 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.”

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Example wrong choices

  • 14842_vanished_bush_pilot · EVIDENCE · Choice AYes, because the defendant has a chance to rebut the presumption by offering evidence that Brother Paul is alive or has been heard from in the last seven years.

    Why it's wrong

    Choice A is not the credited answer for this item.

  • 14842_vanished_bush_pilot · EVIDENCE · Choice BNo, because the fact that someone has not been heard from in seven years does not necessarily lead to a conclusion that the person is dead.

    Why it's wrong

    Choice B is not the credited answer for this item.

  • 14842_vanished_bush_pilot · EVIDENCE · Choice DYes, because it expresses a rational conclusion that the jury should be required to accept.

    Why it's wrong

    Choice D is not the credited answer for this item.

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