Missing minority jurors changes jury deliberation beyond just verdict discrimination

Evidence

Research on racial bias in juror and jury decision-making often focuses on criminal defendants and explores the manner in which jurors may be more likely to render harsher verdicts for minority defendants. 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. The lack of minority representation and participation on juries both denies 117 The Effects of Racial Bias and Jury Diversity on Juror Decision-Making minorities their constitutional right to serve as jurors (e. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 842

Categorization

• QUESTION: The chapter cuts off mid-sentence here — worth chasing the empirical claims about nondiscriminatory deliberation effects (information, perspective, process).