intersection of victim race and gender in capital cases: evidence from the Capital Jury Project.

For decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has struggled with issues surrounding the arbitrary and capricious imposition of the death penalty. One of the primary sources of concern surrounds race and the death penalty. Juries have broad discretion in their life and death decision and have the power to trea...

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