Effects of prior juror experience on jury sentencing
作者:
Melissa J. Himelein,
Michael T. Nietzel,
Ronald C. Dillehay,
期刊:
Behavioral Sciences&the Law
(WILEY Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 1
页码: 97-106
ISSN:0735-3936
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1002/bsl.2370090111
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThe effect of prior juror service on jury sentencing was investigated in an archival study of 143 criminal trials resulting in convictions. Trials took place over two calendar years in a state circuit court requiring jurors to serve 30‐day terms. Jurors sentenced defendants in each case according to a set of guidelines determined by trial judges. The severity of the sentences imposed by jurors was rated by 101 subjects on a scale of 1 (least severe) to 100 (most severe). The results indicated that the more experienced juries gave significantly more severe sentences than did the less experienced juries. This finding was unchanged when civil court experience was considered in addition to criminal court experience. Possible interpretations of these results are discusse
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