Race and the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty in Federal Cases, 1995-2000 [United States]

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Principal Investigator(s): Klein, Stephen P.; Berk, Richard A.

Summary: The purpose of this project was to examine possible defendant and victim race effects in capital decisions in the federal system. Per the terms of their grant, the researchers selected cases that were handled under the revised Death Penalty Protocol of 1995 and were processed during Attorney General Janet Reno's term in office. The researchers began the project by examining a sample of Department of Justice Capital Case Unit (CCU) case files. These files contained documents submitted... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04533.v1

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