UNRAVELING THE GORDIAN KNOT OF IMPLICIT BIAS IN JURY SELECTION: THE PROBLEMS OF JUDGE-DOMINATED VOIR DIRE, THE FAILED PROMISE OF BATSON, AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS Judge
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Republished with permission of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, from Judge Mark W. Bennett, Unraveling the Gordian Knot of Implicit Bias in Jury Selection: The Problems of Judge-Dominated Voir Dire, the Failed Promise of Batson, and Proposed Solutions, 4 HAR. L. & POL’Y REV 149 (2010); permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. The article was reprinted from Westlaw with permission of Thomson Reuters.
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