True Crime · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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AI illustrationDefendants say jury selection was unfair. Did prosecutors bias the jury by removing minority jurors?
Your callDid the government discriminate in jury selection by striking two minority jurors?
TL;DR
- 1The defendants, all Black men, claim prosecutors unfairly removed the only two non-white jurors from the jury panel.
- 2They argued that this action violated their right to a fair trial under the Equal Protection Clause.
- 3The district court reviewed the selection process, but did it properly assess whether discrimination occurred?
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