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Jury Discriminatory

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Race can be an important fact when selecting a jury. It’s important to have a jury of different racial, ethnic, gender or religious believes to helps limit racial discrimination.
If at any time the prosecutor or the defended feel discriminated by the jury, their attorney can challenge the jury by using the peremptory challenges in Which he or she has The right to challenge a potential juror without disclosing the reason for the challenge. Prosecutors and defense attorneys routinely use peremptory challenges to eliminate frim juries’ individuals who although they express no obvious bias, are thought to be capable of swaying the jury in an undesirable direction.

The prosecution and the defense are also protected by the Equal Protection Clause …show more content…

The prosecutor must provide a legitimate, non-discriminatory explanation for the challenge.
The judge must decide whether the challenge was purposefully discriminatory.
The “Batson challenge,” was created by the supreme court in process to remove a juror due to discriminatory bias in Batson v. Kentucky.
Race should be an issue when selecting a jury due to discrimination still in fact being an issue in society. other demographic factors that should be taken into consideration when building a jury should be social status. I feel that its important due to human nature of judging something or someone when one is not aware or can understand others struggles for money, even if used for the wrong reasons. For instance, if a jury is giving a verdict in a legal case that involved a robbery where the victim was killed accidently. I used this as an example since I know someone that is going through something similar. She was sentenced 70 years in prison for guilty by association in a murder case. She was the driver and the plan was to robe someone for drug money. I’m not saying its ok to robe or what she did was ok but when under the influence of drugs people tend to do crazy thing for their addictions. someone from an upper class (wealthy) is in the jury will he or she give the defendant a far

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