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21 Jury Expert 1 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/jurexp21 and id is 1 raw text is: . . . .. . .... I. . . . .... On the obstacles to jury diversity Should you be concerned with the diversity of your jury? How much difference does racial composition make in the final verdict? With responses from three experienced trial consultants. Page 1 Identifying Authoritarian Jurors A brief review of the literature on authoritarianism and suggestions on how to apply the concept of legal authoritarianism to identify authoritarian jurors and whether you want them on your jury or if you want them off Page 14 Ethical Issues in Racial Profiling Should trial attorneys and experts condemn racial profiling as a police practice while condoning racial profiling in jury selection at trial? With responses from three experienced trial consultants. Page 20 Our Favorite Thing Two cool things. The boxer makes three but has nothing to do with our official favorite things. Page 35 Anti-Muslim Bias A reader-requested set of articles from two trial consultants on the approaches they use to identify, address, and minimize prejudicial beliefs/attitudes toward Arabs and Muslims across the course of litigation. Page 36 Lesser Known Benefits of Forensic Animaion Before you ever get to court! Targeting the audience, getting it right, allowing the review of 'what if' scenarios, and testing hypotheses. With responses from three experienced trial consultants. Page 47 On the Obstacles to Jury Diversity1 By Samuel R. Sommers This year I've been asked to serve as an expert witness in two different capital cases in which the defense was concerned that the defendant would stand trial by an all-White (or nearly all-White) jury. In both cases, the defendant was a Black man and his attorneys were concerned that the mostly White demographics of the jurisdiction would increase the chance of a guilty verdict and death sentence. Moreover, they were worried that the courthouse venire would wind up being even less diverse than the surrounding population, and that jury selection would seal the deal by stacking the deck against their minority client. How justified are such concerns? What, specifically, are the obstacles that stand in the way of racially diverse juries? How influential is a jury's racial composition on its final verdict anyway? And what strategies might attorneys and their consultants pursue in cases when they have reason to believe that a diverse jury is in their best interest? This article will offer some preliminary answers to these questions by drawing on empirical research concerning race, jury selection, and jury composition. 1 Portions of this article are adapted from Sommers, S. R. (2008), Determinants and consequences of jury racial diversity: Empirical findings, implications, and directions for future research, Social Issues and Policy Review, 2, 65-102. January 2009 0 American Society of Trial Consultants 2008

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