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- Title
Psychology Weighs in on the Debate Surrounding Victim Impact Statements and Capital Sentencing: Are Emotional Jurors Really Irrational?
- Authors
Myers, Bryan; Weidemann, Emalee; Pearce, Gregory
- Abstract
The article focuses on a debate regarding the introduction of victim impact statements (VIS) into capital sentencing proceedings in the U.S. It mentions that some emotions have the possibility to generate damaging effects on juror sentencing judgments. It states studies have found that VIS produce an effect upon the punishment to be given to a defendant.
- Subjects
UNITED States; JUDICIAL impact statements; CRIMINAL sentencing; EMOTIONS; LEGAL judgments; PUNISHMENT
- Publication
Federal Sentencing Reporter, 2006, Vol 19, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
1053-9867
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1525/fsr.2006.19.1.13