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  • California jurors to get simpler law lessons

    08/25/2005 3:11:59 PM PDT · by SmithL · 24 replies · 495+ views
    AP ^ | 8/25/5 | DAVID KRAVETS
    San Francisco -- When California jurors sit on kidnapping cases, judges will no longer be required to explain that the perpetrator had to "inveigle" his victim. Instead, as part of an eight-year effort to simplify jury instructions, the judge may say it like it is — "enticed" his victim. The Judicial Council, the policy making arm of California's court system, is set to approve on Friday 700 new criminal law jury instructions that often are clouded in jargon, double negatives and unfamiliar words. The goal is to make it easier for jurors to understand the law, and cast judgment accordingly....