Unconscious bias affects even well-intentioned opposing-counsel defenders

Evidence

For many years, we have worked together on behalf of the accused, Andrea as a criminal defense attorney and Mortimer as an investigator. We trained together, served on death penalty teams together, and taught together. What we know is that bias crosses legal divides, affecting the decision-making of even those who are seemingly well-intentioned and egalitarian, such as criminal defense attorneys. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 665

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Judges must abandon adversarial advocacy for impartial detachment — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 555; Adversarial lawyers serve clients while inquisitorial lawyers serve justice — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 636