Police talk in the jury room: the production of race-conscious reasonable doubt among racially diverse jury groups

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  • What: Specifically, the authors examine how mock jury groups assess law enforcement testimony during deliberations in a federal drug conspiracy case scenario where the race of the defendant (Black or white) was varied. The present analysis aims to advance both the growing body of work on CRT and empirical methods (eCRT) and socio-legal research on race and jury decision-making, in two ways. In contrast to research focused on the quality of deliberations, the authors explore the substantive content of deliberations to assess how jurors talk about, interpret, and consider testimony by law enforcement witnesses. As . . .

     

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