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Evidence that the defendant in a criminal prosecution has a prior conviction may (i)_____jurors to presume the defendant's guilt, because of their preconception that a person previously convicted of a crime must be inclined toward repeated criminal behavior. That commonly held belief is at least a (ii)_____; not all former convicts engage in repeated criminal behavior. Also, jury may give more probative weight than objective analysis would allow to vivid photographic evidence depicting a shooting victim's wounds, or may (iii)_____the weight of defense testimony that is not delivered in a sufficiently forceful or persuasive manner.

Blank(i)Blank(ii)Blank(iii)
A stimulate D partial distortion of reality G underestimate
B deter E vivid reflection of imagination H exaggerate
C participate F precise calculation of certainty I reflect

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