McFadden v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. “[D]eterminations of juror bias cannot be reduced to question-and-answer sessions which obtain results in the manner of a catechism.... [M]any veniremen simply cannot be asked enough questions to reach the point where their bias has been made ‘unmistakably clear’.... Despite this lack of clarity in the printed record, however, there will be situations where the trial judge is left with the definite impression that a prospective juror would be unable to faithfully and impartially apply the law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Allridge v. Cockrell

2. “automatically” vote against the death penalty”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Allridge v. Cockrell