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The Capital Jury Project: Rationale, Design, and Preview of Early Findings

Year: 1995

Type: article

Abstract: In each of the eight states where the study was initiated, the target sample is 120 capital jurors (four each from fifteen death cases and fifteen life cases).For the six states that subsequently joined the project, the target sample is eighty jurors (four each from ten death cases and ten life cases).Cases in which the defendant was sentenced to death will be referred to throughout this Symposium as "death cases."Cases in which the jury imposed a sentence other than death, usually life imprisonment, will be referred to as "life cases."3. 408 U.S. 238 (1972) (per curiam).4. 428 U.S. 153 (1976).

Source: Indiana Magazine of History (Indiana University)

Author: William J. Bowers

Institution: Indiana University

Language: English

Topic: Jury Decision Making Processes

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation

Award: Models of Decisionmaking Among Sentencing Jurors