Peremptory challenges remain the main mechanism excluding minority jurors

Evidence

The primary method that attorneys use to remove minority jurors from serving on juries is via peremptory challenges. Prosecutors are far more likely to exclude Black venire members than are defense attorneys (Baldus, et al., 2001; Rose, 1999). A training tape for prosecutors revealed that minority jurors were seen as “bad jurors” in criminal cases based on their distrust of the police and political institutions (Baldus et al., 2001). … Furthermore, race-based peremptory challenges remain prevalent even after various reforms intended to reduce them have been enacted (Clark, Boccaccini, Caillouet, & Chaplin, 2007; Rose, 1999). — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 881

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Peremptory challenges cannot exclude jurors by race or gender. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 832