William J. Bowers

Publications

• The Decision Maker Matters: An Empirical Examination of the Way the Role of the Judge and the Jury Influence Death Penalty Decision-Making
  63 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 931 (2006) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 2006
• Crossing Racial Boundaries: A Closer Look at the Roots of Racial Bias in Capital Sentencing When the Defendant Is Black and the Victim Is White
  53 DEPAUL L. REV. 1497 (2004) · DePaul Law Review · 2004
• How Jurors Decide on Death: Guilt is Overwhelming; Aggravation Requires Death; and Mitigation is No Excuse
  66 BROOK. L. REV. 1011 (2001) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2001

• Foreclosed Impartiality in Capital Sentencing: Jurors’ Predispositions Guilt-Trial Experience and Premature Decision Making
  83 CORNELL L. REV. 1476 (1998) · Cornell Law Review · 1998
• The Capital Jury Project: Rationale, Design, and Preview of Early Findings
  70 IND. L.J. (1995) · Indiana Law Journal · 1995

• The Pervasiveness of Arbitrariness and Discrimination under Post-Furman Capital Statutes
  74 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 1067 (1983) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1983