CRMJ 205 1st Edition Lecture 23 Outline of Last Lecture I Minor Review II Chart III Things to Remember Outline of Current Lecture Judges I Discrimination Training II Profiling III Approaches Current Lecture I Discrimination Training a 1997 Philadelphia district attorney Lynne Abraham releases a 1986 video of political opponent Jack McMahon b Shows McMahon advising fellow prosecutors young black women are bad for juries blacks from the low income areas are less likely to convict There s a resentment for law enforcement for authority You don t want those people on your jury c Peremptory Challenge Attorneys do consider juror race a factor that affects their case II Profiling a Assumptions often made by prosecutors b Minorities will side with minority defendants c By defense attorneys d Minorities more inclined to convict white defendants e Both use challenges to exclude minorities from juries Peremptory Challenge Racial III Approaches These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute a Common Approaches Double serving pay Pay day care expenses Round trip bus pass Resident lists rather than voter lists Pioneered in Massachusetts b Controversial Approaches Jurymandering Adjusting summons to disproportionately select more minorities Subtracting names of white prospective jurors Requiring a minimum number of minority jurors Jury Pool Pennsylvania Study 2003 People of Color and women are considerably under represented in the jury pool
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