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All-White Juries Are no Accident.

Authors :
DiPerna, Paula
Source :
Nation; 1/21/1984, Vol. 238 Issue 2, p45-48, 3p
Publication Year :
1984

Abstract

Comments on the decision of a U.S. federal judge in New York to place a black defendant under a new trial who has been convicted of armed robbery by an all-white jury. Use of peremptory challenges and the exclusion of blacks from participating in the jury; Public trust in law; Problem of racial juries in states imposing the death penalty.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00278378
Volume :
238
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Nation
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
11024115