A Test of Racial Bias in Capital Sentencing
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We propose a test of bias based upon patterns of judicial errors. We model the trial court as minimizing a weighted sum of type I and II errors. We define racial bias a situation where the weight depends on defendant/victim race. If the court is unbiased, the error rate should be independent of the
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美国国家经济研究局创建时间:
2011-04-01



