Though there are guidelines for when a convicted criminal merits the death penalty (in states that still have capital punishment), ultimately, the jury makes the decision. A new study finds that the ...
SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ruled on ...
Learn about self-enhancement, a bias by which individuals overvalue their own successes. Discover its implications, examples, ...
Racial Bias Tainted Jury Selection and Death Sentence for a Black Man in North Carolina, Judge Says SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool ...