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Defendant and Juror Socioeconomics
Research Proposal # 21495
Defendant and Juror Socioeconomics
A research proposal to determine the relationship between jury verdicts and the socioeconomic differences or similarities between the defendant and jurors.
2,250 words (approx. 9 pages) |
22 sources |
1994
From the Paper:
"Conviction Or Acquittal? Relationship Between the Socio-Economic Status of Juror and Defendant: A Research ProposalIntroduction
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia warned a few years ago that jurors tend to sympathize with defendants of their own kind (Marcotte, 1989, p. 41). The clear implication of the justice's warning was that such sympathies may well extend to biased trial judgments. While Scalia's statement is more anecdotal than scientific in character, the justice does speak from a position of unquestioned knowledge on the issue.
The Rodney King police beating case in Southern California caused a storm of controversy when a predominantly white, middle-class jury acquitted white, middle-class police officers in the face of an overwhelming public perception of defendant guilt..."
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Defendant and Juror Socioeconomics (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Proposal-Defendant-and-Juror-Socioeconomics/21495
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"Defendant and Juror Socioeconomics" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Proposal-Defendant-and-Juror-Socioeconomics/21495>
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