The Yale Law Journal

Elizabeth Ingriselli

Note

Mitigating Jurors' Racial Biases: The Effects of Content and Timing of Jury Instructions

Elizabeth Ingriselli

This Note examines, through an experimental design, whether juror biases against black defendants are explained by aversive racism theory or social identity theory and whether procedural justice can be used to decrease biases. The Note also examines whether the timing of debiasing …