Sheri Lynn Johnson

Cornell Law School

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Cornell University

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Does Unconscious Racial Bias Affect Trial Judges?

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 3, 2009, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 09-11
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Apr 2009
Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Andrew J. Wistrich and Chris Guthrie
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School, California Central District Court and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Judges, race

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The Delaware Death Penalty: An Empirical Study

Iowa Law Review, Forthcoming, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-24
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 15 May 2012
Sheri Lynn Johnson, John H. Blume, Theodore Eisenberg, Valerie P. Hans and Martin T. Wells
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - School of Law and Cornell University - Law School
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death penalty, capital punishment, race, juries, judges

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A Tale of Two (and Possibly Three) Atkins: Intellectual Disability and Capital Punishment Twelve Years after The Supreme Court's Creation of a Categorical Bar

William & Mary Bill of Rights, Vol. 23, 2014, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 9-294
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2015
John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Paul Marcus and Emily C. Paavola
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School, William & Mary Law School and Cornell Law School
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Atkins, Intellectually Disabled Defendants, Capital Punishment

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Looking Deathworthy: Perceived Stereotypicality of Black Defendants Predicts Capital-Sentencing Outcomes

Psychological Science, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 383-386, May 2006, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-012
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 10 May 2006
Sheri Lynn Johnson, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Paul G. Davies and Valerie J. Purdie-Vaughns
Cornell Law School, Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Psychology and Yale University - Department of Psychology
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The Death Penalty: Should the Judge or the Jury Decide Who Dies?

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The Death Penalty: Should the Judge or the Jury Decide Who Dies?

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-02
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2015
Valerie P. Hans, John H. Blume, Theodore Eisenberg, Amelia Hritz, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Caisa Royer and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University - School of Law, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - Law School, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students and Cornell University - Law School
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The Death Penalty: Should the Judge or the Jury Decide Who Dies?

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 70-99, 2015
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Feb 2015
Valerie P. Hans, John H. Blume, Theodore Eisenberg, Amelia Hritz, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Caisa Royer and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University - School of Law, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - Law School, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students and Cornell University - Law School
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Victim Gender and the Death Penalty

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 2, 2014, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-05
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2015
Caisa Royer, Amelia Hritz, Valerie P. Hans, Theodore Eisenberg, Martin T. Wells, John H. Blume and Sheri Lynn Johnson
Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students, Cornell University - Law School, Cornell University - School of Law, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - Law School, Cornell Law School and Cornell Law School
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Every Juror Wants a Story, Story: Narrative Relevance, Third Party Guilt and the Right to Present a Defense

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-042
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 07 Nov 2006
John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson and Emily C. Paavola
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School and Cornell Law School
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The Death Penalty in Delaware: An Empirical Study

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-025, 3rd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Papers
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Aug 2008
John H. Blume, Theodore Eisenberg, Sheri Lynn Johnson and Valerie P. Hans
Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - School of Law
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Convictions of Innocent People with Intellectual Disability

Albany Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Jun 2019
Sheri Lynn Johnson, John H. Blume and Amelia Hritz
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
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death penalty, intellectual disability, wrongful conviction

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Correcting Deadly Confusion: Responding to Jury Inquiries in Capital Cases

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Correcting Deadly Confusion: Responding to Jury Inquiries in Capital Cases

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 05 Jan 2000
Stephen P. Garvey, Sheri Lynn Johnson and Paul Marcus
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School and William & Mary Law School
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Correcting Deadly Confusion: Responding to Jury Inquiries in Capital Cases

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 3, 1999-2000, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-81
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Mar 2011
Paul Marcus, Stephen P. Garvey and Sheri Lynn Johnson
William & Mary Law School, Cornell Law School and Cornell Law School
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Weeks, Angelone, capital, sentencing, jury, death, aggravating, fators, penality, mitigating, evidence, and instruction

Correcting Deadly Confusion: Responding to Jury Inquiries in Capital Cases

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 85, March 2000
Posted: 14 Apr 2000
Stephen P. Garvey, Sheri Lynn Johnson and Paul Marcus
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School and William & Mary Law School

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Competent Capital Representation: The Necessity of Knowing and Heeding What Jurors Tell Us About Mitigation

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2008
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2008
John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson and Scott E. Sundby
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School and University of Miami School of Law
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In Defense of Non-Capital Habeas: A Response to Hoffman and King

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 96, p. 101, 2011, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-13
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 Feb 2011
John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson and Keir M. Weyble
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School and Cornell Law School
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When Empathy Bites Back: Cautionary Tales from Neuroscience for Capital Sentencing

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 85, Forthcoming, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-39
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016
Sheri Lynn Johnson, Amelia Hritz, Caisa Royer and John H. Blume
Cornell Law School, Cornell University - Law School, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students and Cornell Law School
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Capital Punishment, Criminal Procedure, Death Penalty, Empathy, Neuroscience

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Dead Right: A Cautionary Capital Punishment Tale

Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2021, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-07
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 14 Feb 2022
Joseph Margulies, John H. Blume and Sheri Lynn Johnson
Cornell University, Cornell Law School and Cornell Law School
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execution, capital punishment, punishment, Roper v. Simmons, Atkins v. Virginia, Supreme Court, caselaw, Texas, Florida, death penalty, Supreme Court Doctrine

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Racial Epithets in the Criminal Process

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2011, p. 755, 2011, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Mar 2013
John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson and Patrick Wilson
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School and Independent
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death penalty, capital punishment, racial, race

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Atkins v. Virginia at Twenty: Still Adaptive Deficits, Still in the Developmental Period

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper, Forthcoming, Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2022
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 19 Aug 2022
Sheri Lynn Johnson, John H. Blume and Brendan Van Winkle
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School and Independent
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Atkins v. Virginia, Supreme Court, intellectual disability, disability, capital punishment, death penalty, execution, Eighth Amendment, state court, state legislature, constitutional ban

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The Influence of Latino Ethnicity on the Imposition of the Death Penalty

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 16, pp. 421-431, 2020
Posted: 19 Oct 2020
Sheri Lynn Johnson
Cornell Law School

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Death by Expert: Cognitive Bias in the Diagnosis of Mild Intellectual Disability

Law & Psycology Review, Vol. 44, 2020
Posted: 29 Jul 2020
Amelia Hritz, Sheri Lynn Johnson and John H. Blume
Cornell University - Law School, Cornell Law School and Cornell Law School

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intellectual disability, death penalty, expert

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Batson Ethics for Prosecutors and Trial Judges

In the Chicago-Kent Law Review, Symposium on Race and Criminal Law, Vol. 73, No. 2, 1998
Posted: 27 Oct 1998
Sheri Lynn Johnson
Cornell Law School

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An Empirical Look at Atkins vs. Virginia and its Application in Capital Cases

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-021, Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 76, 2009
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Sep 2009
John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson and Christopher Seeds
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School and University of California, Irvine
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