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Remedies To The Dilemma Of Death-Qualified Juries, Robert M. Berry
Remedies To The Dilemma Of Death-Qualified Juries, Robert M. Berry
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
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Black Innocence And The White Jury, Sheri Johnson
Black Innocence And The White Jury, Sheri Johnson
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Racial prejudice has come under increasingly close scrutiny during the past thirty years, yet its influence on the decisionmaking of criminal juries remains largely hidden from judicial and critical examination. In this Article, Professor Johnson takes a close look at this neglected area. She first sets forth a large body of social science research that reveals a widespread tendency among whites to convict black defendants in instances in which white defendants would be acquitted. Next, she argues that none of the existing techniques for eliminating the influence of racial bias on criminal trials adequately protects minority-race defendants. She contends that …
Capital Juries And The Fair Cross-Section Requirement: Modern Constitutional Reasoning In Jury Selection, John Coleman Ayers
Capital Juries And The Fair Cross-Section Requirement: Modern Constitutional Reasoning In Jury Selection, John Coleman Ayers
Kentucky Law Journal
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