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: StandDown Texas Project

News Coverage of EJI Report on Race and Jury Selection

By Steve Hall

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The Equal Justice Initiative report, Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy, released yesterday, was widely recognized by the blogosphere.Let's begin with Tony Mauro's report in National Law Journal, "Study: Racial Bias Common in Jury Selection."Nearly 25 years after Batson v. Kentucky, racial exclusion in jury selection is still common, according to a study of practices in southern states released Wednesday. "In courtrooms across the United States, people of color are dramatically underrepresented on juries as a result of racially biased use of peremptory strikes," the report by the Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative stated. "This phenomenon is especially prevalent in capital cases and other serious felony cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 03, 2010 (boomark / email).

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