LSAT 113 | Section 1 | Reading Comprehension: Q6

RC Question 6 Explanation

DISCUSSION: The author talks about not listening to everyone’s opinion in lines 45-54. We’d lose something important, and society would begin to doubt jury verdicts.

Explicit means something the author actually said. You must be able to find the answer in the passage.

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1. The author said hung juries tend to only occur in close cases. But unanimity is important in many cases. Unanimity can affect a trial even if a jury ends up not being hung; it could force people to change their minds.
2. Search all you want, you’ll never find this. We’re looking for something the author said. (People might dismiss a dissenting juror’s opinions while being respectful.)
3. CORRECT. Lines 53-54 say this directly. This type of questions tests whether you can find the relevant section of the passage, and then read all of it. 
4. This is probably true, but the author doesn’t say anything about it.
5. The author thinks the opposite: they think unanimity is very useful.