Minority juror underrepresentation shapes jury decisions beyond mere biased outcomes

Evidence

Additionally, researchers and the courts have largely focused on increasing the diversity of juries as a method of reducing discriminatory outcomes for minority jurors (e.g., Peters v. Kiff, 1972; Lynch & Haney, 2011). Although these patterns have been observed, particularly in death penalty cases (e.g., Bowers, Steiner, & Sandys, 2001), the underrepresentation of minority jurors on juries affects juror and jury decision-making in ways other than discriminatory outcomes. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 842

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s broader research on whether professed institutional commitments (here, jury diversity as cure) diverge from measured effects — the underrepresentation effect being non-outcome-based parallels ‘process vs outcome’ framings.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 842