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Equal Justice

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That's the title of an editorial in today's Los Angeles Times on the Supreme Court ruling in Snyder v. Louisiana.  LINKWelcome as this ruling is, it won't prevent prosecutors in innumerable other cases from concealing racial bias in jury selection. The way to end that abuse, as Justice Stephen G. Breyer argued in a 2005 case, is to do away with all peremptory challenges, requiring prosecutors and defense attorneys alike to challenge jurors only for cause. The court should use its authority under the Constitution to mandate that change the next time it encounters a case in which a challenge for "no reason" is a challenge for the worst reason of all.The Concord Monitor reports, "Savoring his contribution," about a New Hampshire law student's involvement in the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 21, 2008 (boomark / email).