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Research Idea: court jury decisions #20

Open AlexanderTyan opened 6 years ago

AlexanderTyan commented 6 years ago

One fascinating context where this research may be applied is jury decisions. Such a research may also serve as a validation for this study's conclusion that polarization may be associated with better quality decisions, but in a different context.

Obviously, jury decision in trials can be very consequential and jury selection process often aims at picking "neutral" (not-polarized?) jury members to protect the trial from biases. Along whichever dimension one choses, I wonder if more "polarized" juries tend to make "better" trial decisions for convictions. And what implications may that have for the jury selection and wider institutional context.