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Lady Justice may be Blind, but is She Racist? Examining Brains, Biases, and Behaviors Using Neuro-Voir Dire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2021

Zaev D. Suskin
Zaev D. Suskin*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, USA Georgetown University Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Washington, DC, USA Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, New Haven, CT, USA
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*Corresponding author. Email: zs135@georgetown.edu
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Abstract

This paper discusses the possible use of functional magnetic-resonance imaging as potentially useful in jury selection. The author suggests that neuro-voir could provide greater impartiality of trials than the standard voir, while also preserving existing privacy protections for jurors. He predicts that ability to image and understand a wide range of brain activities, most notably bias-apprehension and lie detection, will render neuro-voir dire invaluable. However currently, such neuro-solutions remain preliminary.

Keywords

fMRIneuroimagingjury selectionjury biasneuro-voir dire
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , October 2021 , pp. 702 - 709
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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