Research by Lynch and Haney (2000), using identical cases but varying the race of the victim and the offender, has found the following: when the defendant was black and the victim was white, _____ percentage of mock jurors recommended the sentence of death, compared to when the defendant was white and the victim was black. This finding only applied to those mock jurors who _____.

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The research by Lynch and Haney (2000) found that a higher percentage of mock jurors recommended the death sentence when the defendant was black and the victim was white, specifically among those jurors who did not understand the instructions well.

Research by Lynch and Haney (2000), Using Identical Cases but Varying