Racial Bias in Jury Selection: Peremptory Challenges Perpetuating Discrimination

Name Institutional Affiliations Date Annotated Bibliography: Racial Bias in Jury DeCamp, W. (2021). Gender and the peremptory challenge: Separating the effects of race and gender in jury selection. Women & Criminal Justice, 31(2), 159-173. “Gender and the peremptory challenge: Separating the effects of race and gender in jury selection” is an article published in Women & Criminal Justice Journal on 12th June 2020. The article is slightly over two years since its publication, with a timeline that defines its legibility in addressing the issue of study. As the author of this article, Whitney De-Camp has vast knowledge in sociology serving as a professor in Sociology at Western Michigan University USA defining the authors’ credibility in addressing race-based discrimination in jury selection. In the article, De-Camp article analyzed gender differences in peremptory challenges to separate the effects of race and gender in jury selection. Using data from criminal trials in Mississippi with race-specific analyses and propensity score matching employed to isolate gender impact from other measurable effects, the results indicated weak-to-moderate gender differences for peremptory challenges for the prosecutor and the defense. Therefore De-Camp concludes that racial differences foster the realization of gender-based effects in the use of peremptory challenges during jury selection. The article has rich analyses of the relationship between gender and racial differences in the use of peremptory challenges which will help this essay with logical arguments for the major forces of peremptory challenges in jury selection. DeCamp, W., & DeCamp, E. (2020). It’s still about race: Peremptory challenge use on black prospective jurors. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 57(1), 3-30. As the authors of this article, Whitney De-Camp and Elise De-Camp have vast knowledge in sociology serving as professors in Sociology at Western Michigan University USA which defines their credibility in addressing race-based discrimination in jury selection. “It is still about race: Peremptory challenge use on black prospective juror” article published in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency on 6th Sep 2019 gives a very detailed analysis on the application of peremptory challenge on black prospective jurors. Testing the extent of the racial effect on the peremptory challenge used by the defense and prosecutor using data from 2542 venire members in Mississippi, these authors noted high levels of racial effects on jury selection. Application of peremptory challenges by prosecutors exempts black venire members from a jury at a rate of 4.51 times compared to white venire members. Using this article helps the essay to build strong arguments on the extent of harm that peremptory challenges have in justifying the unjust nature of the jury selection process and outcomes. It is an article that helps understand how racial discrimination remains applicable by prosecution and defense in a peremptory challenge. Faber, S. C., Strauss, D., Gran-Ruaz, S., La Torre, J., Bartlett, A., Faber, I., & Williams, M. T. (2022). A call to use psychology for anti-racist jury selection. Practice Innovations. "A call to use psychology for anti-racist jury s