Race and the Construction of Evidence in Homicide Cases

Research that attempts to document racial or gender disparities in the criminal justice system inevitably paints a distorted picture if only one point in the criminal justice process is examined. For example, studies that look at who is sentenced to death among a group convicted of first-degree murd...

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Authors: Pierce, Glenn L. (Author) ; Radelet, Michael L. (Author) ; Posick, Chad (Author) ; Lyman, Tim (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2014, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 771-786
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Keywords:
Investigative and prosecutorial effort
racial bias
Homicide investigations
Discretion
Capital Punishment