Abstract
Co-researched and authored with BC Psychology Professor Liane Young, our students, and other members of a Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee, a proposed model jury instruction aimed at reducing implicit bias. The proposed instruction was adopted by the SJC and is now required in all civil and criminal jury trials in Massachusetts.
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- Subject
Courts
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- Journal title
Massachusetts Court System, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Cour
- Date submitted
7 September 2022
- Additional information
Suggested Citation:
Beckman, Sharon L. "Proposed Model Jury Instruction on Implicit Bias." Massachusetts Court System, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. 29 September, 2021.