by Bert | Nov 20, 2017 | Alabama
It’s no secret prosecutors accused of discriminating against prospective jurors in jury selection usually get away with excluding the jurors they do not want to serve. What is remarkable, however, is that even prosecutors who document plans to strike jurors on the...
by Bert | Jul 17, 2017 | Iowa, Washington
Since our nation’s founding, jurors have played a critical role in checking governmental power. In the dynamic relationship between the State and the jury, one of the State’s most potent tools to obtain its desired outcomes is to influence the jury’s composition. The...