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... Despite these facts, the development of the legal system with regard to race seems to have become stagnant. ... By placing the race of the defendant above the facts of the case, and thus producing either an acquittal or a hung jury, Butler hopes that Blacks will be able to keep a large portion of Black males out of prison. ... From this perspective it becomes clear that although race-based jury nullification has many attractive features, it must be modified to be truly beneficial. ... Although this may be true, "the argument that police behavior is undistorted by racial discrimination flatly contradicts most studies, which reveal what many police officers freely admit: that police use race as an independently significant, if not determinative, factor in deciding whom to follow, detain, search, or arrest. ... The study controlled for 230 independent variables, and indicated that race is by far the most important factor in whether a defendant receives the death penalty. ... 11 Despite the fact that these statistics are startling and important, they are insufficient to justify race-based jury nullification at face value.
Approximate Word count = 1575
Approximate Pages = 6.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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