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Outcomes of trials in Florida

mardi 26 août 2014 à 14:00

The outcome of trials in Florida is affected by the race of the people in the jury pool, in a strange way.

If all the jury pool is white, black defendants are more likely to get convicted than white defendants. But if at least one black person shows up for the jury pool, the disparity disappears — even a jury is made up only of whites.

I think it would be legitimate to arrange for partial racial balance in jury pools if that eliminates demonstrated unfairness in trial outcomes.