Implicit Biases and Jury Trials
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https://doi.org/10.17765/2176-9184.2021v21n3p835-863Keywords:
Jury trial, Implicit biases, Procedural control mechanisms, ImpartialityAbstract
In the last decades there has been a growing interest in the ways in which implicit biases may play an important role in discriminatory judicial decisions against certain vulnerable groups, whether by virtue of race, gender, social status, religion, etc.The studies seek to identify not only the way in which these biases operate, but also the mechanisms through which they can be mitigated and their incidence in the jurisdictional decision can be hindered. This paper is part of this line of research, focusing on jury trials, analyzing the way in which biases may be present in their decision, as well as the identification and description of the procedural mechanisms available to the design of this form of trial, for the control of implicit biases and the measures that can be taken to ensure that these mechanisms better fulfill their function of reaching an impartial decision.References
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