Criminal
Mar. 30, 2021
Abolish the peremptory challenge?
A recent piece in this august newspaper proposed abolishing the peremptory challenge to prospective jurors.
Myron Moskovitz
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A recent piece in this august newspaper proposed abolishing the peremptory challenge to prospective jurors.
The authors' goal is worthy. In Batson v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court held that a prosecutor may not base a peremptory challenge to a Black prospective juror on a belief that Black people will view the case differen...
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