Society, Politics & Law
Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
...research has shown that juries can be subject to biases that can impact the decision-making process when rendering a verdict (Willmott, 2019). These biases can include pre-trial publicity bias (Ruva & Coy, 2020), racial bias (Curley et al, 2022b), rape myth bias (Dinos et al, 2014), and social media influence (Taylor & Tarrant, 2019), all of which can lead to a lack of...