A new study (Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy) by the Equal Justice Initiative finds that prosecutors, especially in the South, continue to try and keep Blacks of juries.
The EJI describes the study as follows:
Nearly 135 years after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to eliminate racial discrimination in jury selection, people of color continue to be excluded from jury service because of their race, especially in serious criminal trials and death penalty cases. EJI today released a new report, “Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy,” which is the most comprehensive study of racial bias in jury selection since the United States Supreme Court tried to limit the practice in Batson v. Kentucky in 1986.
Other media outlets reporting on the study
ABA Journal: Blacks Still Widely Excluded from Southern Juries
NYTimes: Study Finds Blacks Blocked from Southern Jury Service
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