CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: The Death Penalty and Discretion in America -- Chapter 2: The Role of the Jury -- Death Qualification -- Instructional Comprehension -- Racial Bias in Jury Decision-Making -- Deliberation Errors -- Group Dynamics in Deliberation -- Chapter 3: Understanding Groups in Context -- The Impact of Deliberating Groups -- Understanding Processes within Groups -- Related Group Process Research -- The Next Step -- Chapter 4: Measuring Groups with the Capital Jury Project -- Hypotheses -- Data -- Sample Selection -- The Final Sample -- Variables -- Missing Data -- Analytic Technique -- Chapter 5: Testing Group Dynamics -- Preliminary Testing -- Hierarchical Linear Models -- Logistic Regressions -- Chapter 6: What Juries Do: Putting it All Together -- Limitations -- Future Directions -- Policy Implications -- Appendix -- References -- Index.