Interestingly, research shows that, when mock jurors understand the instructions, there is no difference in the rate of death penalty recommendations based on race or ethnicity. However, when jurors do not fully comprehend the instructions, there is a clear bias against:

A false negative means that a person was:

A false negative means that a person was:

The Supreme Court made it clear in Barefoot v. Estelle (1983) that expert predictions of future dangerousness were _____ in capital sentencing _____.

Regarding racial discrimination in capital sentencing, Ellsworth and Mauro (1998) stated that “a person denied housing or employment has _____ protection from racial discrimination than a person whose life is at stake.”

Following Gregg v. Georgia and its companion cases, all death sentences are:

The lack of clear evidence often leads jurors to consider other factors such as pretrial publicity and prior beliefs. This phenomenon is known as the _____ hypothesis.

Following Gregg v. Georgia and its companion cases, all death sentences are:

Most characteristics of a defendant do not seem to have any straightforward influence on a verdict. Among them are the following characteristics, EXCEPT:

Many factors impact the size of venire but it typically ranges from _____ people.