NEW DATA ON THE EFFECT OF A DEATH QUALIFIED JURY ON THE GUILT DETERMINATION PROCESS

• NCJ Number: 2824
• Author(s): G L JUROW
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 44 pages
• Corporate Author: Harvard Law Review Assoc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM HARVARD LAW REVIEW, VOL. 84, NO. 3, JANUARY 1971

Annotation

THE DEATH PENALTY AND ITS EFFECT ON GUILT DETERMINATION BY THE JURY.

Abstract

THIS EMPIRICAL STUDY EMPHASIZES THAT EXCLUSION OF JURORS WHO OPPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY IN CAPITAL CASES BIASES THE GUILT DETERMINING PROCESS AND RESULTS IN A CONVICTION PRONE JURY. DATA PRESENTED TO SUPPORT THE HYPOTHESIS, AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON GENERAL FUNCTIONING OF THE JURY.