Jury verdicts can convict the innocent when racial bias dominates

Evidence

In the face of convincing exculpatory evidence, an all-White jury convicted all nine Black defendants of sexually assaulting a White woman. The authors discuss the extent to which minorities—and, in particular, Blacks—fare worse than their White counterparts as a result of jury trials. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 34