Lawyer: Juries are traditionally given their instructionsin convoluted, ... ...

Lawyer: Juries are traditionally given their instructions in convoluted, legalistic language. The verbiage is intended to make the instructions more precise, but greater precision is of little use if most jurors have difficulty understanding the instructions. Since it is more important for jurors to have a basic but adequate understanding of their role than it is for the details of that role to be precisely specified, jury instructions should be formulated in simple, easily comprehensible language. Each of the following, if true, strengthens the lawyer’s argument EXCEPT:
(A) Most jurors are less likely to understand instructions given in convoluted, legalistic language than instructions given in simple, easily comprehensible language.
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*This question is included in June 2012 LSAT (PT66): Logical Reasoning A

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