Sommers and Ellsworth (2001) found that when a crime involves race, Caucasian jurors

a. discriminated against an African-American defendant.
b. avoided discrimination against an African-American defendant.
c. were particularly motivated to be elected foreperson of the jury.
d. processed trial evidence less carefully than when the crime was race-neutral.


b

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