Journal article
In the Supreme Court of the United States Lockhart v. McCree: Amicus curiae brief for the American Psychological Association
The American psychologist, v 42(1), pp 59-68
01 Jan 1987
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Abstract
Presents an amicus curiae brief prepared by the American Psychological Association and submitted to the US Supreme Court in its October 1985 term. The case concerned A. L. Lockhart, Director Arkansas Department of Correction, Petitioner, v. Ardia V. McCree, Respondent, and was filed in support of the petitioner. The issue is whether a "death-qualified" jury, one formed under standards developed in Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510 (1968), is more likely to convict a capital criminal defendant than a jury that—like juries formed in all noncapital criminal cases—also includes members of the venire who, because of absolute scruples against imposing the death penalty, are excluded from death-qualified juries. The authors critique the methodology and major empirical findings in the relevant research and evaluate the data in light of the States' 8 major criticisms of this research. Amicus demonstrates that the studies show that death-qualified juries are prosecution prone and unrepresentative of the community and that death qualification impairs proper jury functioning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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- Title
- In the Supreme Court of the United States Lockhart v. McCree: Amicus curiae brief for the American Psychological Association
- Creators
- Donald N BersoffDavid W Ogden
- Publication Details
- The American psychologist, v 42(1), pp 59-68
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Thomas R. Kline School of Law
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1987G000300008
- Other Identifier
- 991021874485004721
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