Table 1.

Common homicide trial evidence according to attorneys (Study 1), average importance of evidence according to mTurk participants (Study 2), and the difference between the two.

Evidence	% of attorneys who endorsed	Attorney rank	MTurk rank	Difference
Crime-scene photos	68	1	5	−4
Witness to the crime	64	2	10	−8
Diagrams of injuries	63	3	27	−24
Police officer testimony	61	4	30	−26
Forensic expert testimony	60	5	9	−4
Weapon	58	6	3	3
Fingerprints	57	7	2	5
Maps	57	8	40	−32
Audio confession	51	9	11	−2
Video confession	51	10	8	2
Chain of evidence documents	50	11	14	−3
DNA	49	12	1	11
Timeline of the crime	46	13	13	0
Texts messages from cellphone	43	14	22	−8
Victim's property found with defendant	40	15	15	0
Gunshot residue	39	16	6	10
Alibi witness	36	17	26	−9
Photographs from cellphone	35	18	24	−6
Written confession	35	19	16	3
Mental health professional testimony	34	20	34	−14
Blood typing	32	21	23	−2
Audio records	32	22	17	5
Medical expert testimony	32	23	19	4
Character witness	30	24	41	−17
Defendant's property at scene	29	25	12	13
Other bodily secretions	29	26	7	19
Fibers	27	27	20	7
Video records	27	28	4	24
Files on computer hard drive	26	29	18	11
Emails	26	30	28	2
Tire marks	26	31	33	−2
Information technology expert testimony	24	32	32	0
Facebook posts	23	33	39	−6
Hair	23	34	21	13
Psychologist expert testimony	22	35	36	−1
Footprints	18	36	29	7
Internet search history	15	37	37	0
Receipts	15	38	31	7
Physician expert testimony	14	39	25	14
Bank account information	11	40	35	5
Neuroimages of the brain	4	41	38	3