You could expand that to a general principle for all criminal cases: select one judge that matches the demographics of the defendant as closely as possible, one that matches the victim, and one that differs to an equal degree from both.
It’s an interesting concept, but aside from the scalability issues mentioned, I don’t think demographics are necessarily an indicator of a judge’s biases cough Clarence Thomas cough.
You could expand that to a general principle for all criminal cases: select one judge that matches the demographics of the defendant as closely as possible, one that matches the victim, and one that differs to an equal degree from both.
It’s an interesting concept, but aside from the scalability issues mentioned, I don’t think demographics are necessarily an indicator of a judge’s biases cough Clarence Thomas cough.