According to the text, which statement about the role of strong jurors is FALSE?
A) In a 12-person jury, a preliminary 8 or 9 votes for conviction is a toss-up as to the outcome.
B) In Kalven & Zeisel's study 67 percent of the outcomes were those voted by the initial majority.
C) The foreperson's vote is more strongly predictive of outcome than that of the other jurors.
D) Forepersons are selected within the first five minutes of deliberations in 80 percent of trials.
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