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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp016682x708n| Title: | Illegal racial discrimination in jury selection: A continuing legacy |
| Keywords: | Jury selection—United States Discrimination in criminal justice administration—United States Discrimination in justice administration—United States |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Publisher: | Equal Justice Initiative |
| Place of Publication: | Montgomery, Ala. |
| Description: | Nearly 135 years after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to eliminate racial discrimination in jury selection, people of color continue to be excluded from jury service because of their race, especially in serious criminal trials and death penalty cases. In 2010, EJI released the most comprehensive study of racial bias in jury selection since the Supreme Court tried to limit the practice in Batson v. Kentucky in 1986. “The underrepresentation and exclusion of people of color from juries has seriously undermined the credibility and reliability of the criminal justice system, and there is an urgent need to end this practice,” said Executive Director Bryan Stevenson. “While courts sometimes have attempted to remedy the problem of discriminatory jury selection, in too many cases today we continue to see indifference to racial bias.” |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp016682x708n |
| Related resource: | https://eji.org/reports/illegal-racial-discrimination-in-jury-selection/ |
| Appears in Collections: | Monographic reports and papers (Publicly Accessible) |
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