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All-White Juries Are no Accident.
- Source :
- Nation; 1/21/1984, Vol. 238 Issue 2, p45-48, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 1984
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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.
- Subjects :
- LEGAL status of African Americans
CRIMINAL justice system
LAW
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00278378
- Volume :
- 238
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nation
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 11024115