The Empirical Challenge to Death-Qualified Juries: On Further Examination
Finch, Michael & Ferraro, Mark
Abstract
I. Introduction II. Community Representation on the Death-Qualfied Jury … A. Establishing a Fair-Cross-Section Violation ... B. The Representation of Community Attitudes on Death-Qualified Juries ... C. The Representation of Minorities and Women on Death-Qualified Juries ... D. The Cumulative Effects of Death Qualification on the Representativeness of Juries III. The Conviction Proneness of Death-Qualfied Juries ... A. The Evidence on Conviction Proneness IV. Some Concluding Thoughts on the Challenge of Death Qualification ... A. Defining the Category of Excludable Jurors ... B. The Normative Issues Posed by Death Qualification V. Conclusion Appendix