Bothwell et al. (2006) conducted research examining racial bias in jury decision making. The results show that
A) racial biases existed for private judgments but not after deliberation.
B) racial biases existed only after the jury deliberated.
C) there is no racial bias involved in judgments of sexual harassment.
D) there was bias such that privately and after deliberation white victims received more compensation.
E) there was bias such that both privately and after deliberation black defendants received harsher sentences.
Answer: A
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