Abstract The courts have consistently struggled with the discriminatory imposition of the death penalty. This research employs data from the Capital Jury Project which seeks to identify arbitrariness in jurors’ decision-making. Results indicate that Black male victims are perceived to be the most likely to have a problem with drugs/alcohol and come from poor/deprived backgrounds and the least likely to be respected in the community and be perceived as innocent. Black male victims and their families also receive the least empathy from jurors, whom jurors feel the most distance from, and who are most to blame for their victimization. Results suggest the enduring racialization of violent crime and the continuing devaluation of the lives of Black males in American society.

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移情，距离和责任：对死刑案件中的黑人男性凶杀受害者的陪审员感悟1

摘要法院一直在与判处死刑的歧视作斗争。本研究采用了来自首都陪审团项目的数据，该项目旨在确定陪审员决策中的任意性。结果表明，黑人男性受害者被认为是最有可能遇到毒品/酒精问题的，来自贫穷/被剥夺的背景，并且在社区中受到尊重和被视为无辜的可能性最小。黑人男性受害者及其家属也从陪审员那里得到的移情最少，陪审员与他们之间的距离最远，也最受害于他们。结果表明，暴力犯罪的持久种族化和美国社会中黑人男性生活的持续贬值。