Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Voir Dire in Massachusetts State and Federal Courts: Commentary and Suggestions for Revision

2012; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.2005457

1556-5068

Julia Grace Mirabella, Geoffrey J. Derrick,

Dispute Resolution and Class Actions

In October 2011, Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Mark L. Wolf, issued an order overturning the death penalty sentence of Gary Lee Sampson. Judge Wolf’s order has elicited outrage from the victims’ families and from the press who feel the sentence was overturned on a technicality or to preserve the judge’s image. However, the Sampson order should also make us consider the effectiveness of jury voir dire in Massachusetts state and federal courts.