The examples you use are disingenuous and irrelebant. They were judge decisions, not jury ones, one was a minor with mental issues.
Over-prosecution of minorities is a documented bias.
No, if the biases were flipped, this kind of study would still not be evidence of racism. In the context of all the other studies and the history of slavery and racism, it is reasonable to _guess_ that white jurors are not discriminating against white defendants, and that sampling bias is to blame.
Over-prosecution of minorities is a documented bias.
No, if the biases were flipped, this kind of study would still not be evidence of racism. In the context of all the other studies and the history of slavery and racism, it is reasonable to _guess_ that white jurors are not discriminating against white defendants, and that sampling bias is to blame.