Are Two Heads Better than One? Strategic Implications of Splitting Conviction and Sentencing between the Jury and Judge

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Brief Overview

This paper models decisions about the verdict and sentence in criminal trials. It compares single-actor (bench trials, jury sentencing) and two-actor (jury and judge) processes and considers actors with varying levels of lawfulness.

Author

• Joanna Nanami Huey, University of Southern California