Objectives: The use of race as a motive for excluding individuals from serving on juries in American criminal trials is unconstitutional. Nevertheless, Black individuals remain substantially more likely than others to be removed during jury selection through peremptory challenges. This study tests whether and to what extent there is a racial effect on peremptory challenge use by the prosecution or the defense. Method: Using data from 2,542 venire members in Mississippi, propensity score matching is used to examine racial differences in jury selection by comparing Black venire members to similarly situated White venire member counterparts. Results: Findings suggest that Black venire members are 4.51 times as likely to be excluded from a jury due to peremptory challenges from the prosecution in comparison to White venire members. Conversely, White venire members are 4.21 times as likely to be excluded through peremptory challenges by the defense in comparison to Black venire members. Conclusions: After controlling for all observed variables, there remain significant differences between White and Black venire members, suggesting racial discrimination by both the prosecution and the defense in peremptory challenge usage. Black individuals are more likely to be excluded from juries through these effects, resulting in less racially diverse juries.

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它仍然与种族有关：对黑人准陪审员的强制性挑战使用

目标：利用种族动机将个人排除在美国刑事审判的陪审团之外是违宪的。尽管如此，在通过强制性挑战选择陪审团时，黑人个人仍然比其他人更有可能被遣散。这项研究测试了起诉方或辩方对强制性质疑的使用是否产生种族影响以及在何种程度上产生种族影响。方法：利用来自密西西比州2,542名成员的数据，通过比较黑人成员和白人成员的相似性，倾向得分匹配法可以用来评估陪审团的种族差异。结果：调查结果表明，与白人维恩成员相比，由于起诉的强制性挑战，黑人维恩成员被排除在陪审团之外的可能性为4.51倍。反过来，与黑维恩成员相比，白维恩成员被防守方强行挑战的可能性高4.21倍。结论：在控制了所有观察到的变量之后，白人和黑人venire成员之间仍然存在显着差异，这表明控方和辩方在强制性挑战使用中均存在种族歧视。由于这些影响，黑人更有可能被排除在陪审团之外，从而导致种族多元化的陪审团减少。建议控方和辩方在强制性质疑使用中均存在种族歧视。由于这些影响，黑人更有可能被排除在陪审团之外，从而导致种族多元化的陪审团减少。建议控方和辩方在强制性质疑使用中均存在种族歧视。通过这些影响，黑人更有可能被排除在陪审团之外，从而导致种族多元化的陪审团减少。