Politics in the Courtroom: Political Ideology and Jury Decision Making

This research would not have been possible without the assistance of a number of individuals at the Gothenburg District Court. In particular, we would like to thank the two nämndemän coordinators, Assistant Judge Christoffer Önrup, Judge of Appeal Christer Ranch, and Assistant Judge David Caldevik for the their help answering numerous questions and Mikael Sjöberg in the Archives for his assistance collating all of the court documents. We would also like to thank two research assistants (Ulrika Kjellström and Magnus Landergren) for their help collecting the data and Matthew Lindquist, Emma von Essen, Erik Hjalmarsson, Johan Lönroth, and Jordi Blanes I Vidal as well as seminar participants at Queen Mary University of London, Gothenburg University, Aarhus, Leciester University, Stockholm School of Economics, Lund University, Växjö, the Swedish Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University, the Paris School of Economics and the Bath Crime Economics Workshop for valuable feedback. Hjalmarsson would also like to acknowledge funding from Vetenskapsrådet (The Swedish Research Council) and Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse, P2014-0200:1. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.