Ebook: Race and the Jury: Racial Disenfranchisement and the Search for Justice

In this timely volume, the authors provide a penetrating analysis of the institutional mechanisms perpetuating the related problems of minorities' disenfranchisement and their underrepresentation on juries.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Race and the Jury....Pages 3-11
The Structural Approach to Racial Inequality in the Jury System and Jury Selection....Pages 13-38
Jury Selection Procedures....Pages 39-80
The U.S. Supreme Court, the Constitutional Background of Jury Selection, and Racial Representation....Pages 81-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Anatomy of Economic Excuses....Pages 119-140
Scientific Jury Selection in Voir Dire....Pages 141-164
The Optimal Design to Obtain a Racially Representative Jury....Pages 165-191
The McMartin Trial ....Pages 193-220
Back Matter....Pages 221-241

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Race and the Jury....Pages 3-11
The Structural Approach to Racial Inequality in the Jury System and Jury Selection....Pages 13-38
Jury Selection Procedures....Pages 39-80
The U.S. Supreme Court, the Constitutional Background of Jury Selection, and Racial Representation....Pages 81-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Anatomy of Economic Excuses....Pages 119-140
Scientific Jury Selection in Voir Dire....Pages 141-164
The Optimal Design to Obtain a Racially Representative Jury....Pages 165-191
The McMartin Trial ....Pages 193-220
Back Matter....Pages 221-241
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