Optimal Peremptory Challenges in Trials by Juries: A Bilateral Sequential Process.

Abstract

Prosecution and defense lawyers are about to select a jury of J people. Each prospective juror is (sequentially) interviewed, and each lawyer must then decide whether to accept or challenge (i.e., reject) the present candidate before interviewing anyone else, and this decision cannot later be changed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA031119

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  • Arthur Roth
  • Joseph B. Kadane
  • Morris Degroot

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  • Carnegie Mellon University

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