Equal justice under law? Prosecutor demographics and the death penalty
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چکیده
Prior research has established that crime victims’ and defendants’ demographic traits affect the sentence criminal defendants receive. In addition, previous studies have found judges’ juries’ biases outcomes in cases. Yet, despite significant scholarly attention to effect of race gender on sentencing, no study explored whether prosecutors’ influence outcome This is surprising, given prosecutors are responsible for determining what crimes charged with pursue death penalty eligible Here, we utilize data federal penalty-eligible cases who tried those explore an imposed. We find both statistically effects a defendant receives penalty, even when case-specific including victim characteristics controlled for.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Social Science Quarterly
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1540-6237', '0038-4941']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13201