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Activity Number: 510
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee
Abstract #314354
Title: Supreme Court Rulings Implementing the Sixth Amendment Right to an 'Impartial' Jury
Author(s): Joseph B. Kadane*
Companies: Carnegie Mellon University
Keywords: jury ; cross-section ; data availability ; Supreme Court ; law
Abstract:

The Supreme Court has found that an "essential component" of the right to an impartial jury is one drawn from a representative cross-section of the community. In practice, this has meant that the jury venire (those summoned for possible jury service) must have proportions of women, African-Americans and Hispanics approximating those of the community served by the court.This paper examines how to get jury data, and the statistics involved in making the comparison.

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