On the Fairness of Death-Penalty Jurors: A Comparison of Bayesian Models with Different Levels of Hierarchy and Various Missing-Data Mechanisms
死刑陪审员的公正性：不同层级与缺失机制下的贝叶斯模型比较
Jurors who are opposed to the death penalty are excluded from serving on trials in which the defendant may be sentenced to death. The exclusion of such jurors from death-penalty trials raises some concern about the fairness of these juries in deciding the guilt or innocence of a defendant. This article uses data from a survey of behaviors and beliefs of jurors conducted at the conclusion of non–capital offense trials to study this issue. A Bayesian hierarchical model is…