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Starting from a couple of comments in my post about Bell v. Thompson, a couple of links, here (a blog entry from etalkinghead.com) and here (a Salon article reprinted at deathpenaltyinfo.org), about the impact of "death-qualifying" juries (i.e., removing all people from the jury who would not impose the death penalty) on chances of conviction. It's scary, especially the Salon. com article.