Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.
I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.
There may sometimes be a mistake, but I think that the citizens of America who are sworn to uphold their duty in a jury setting are going to try to do their best to do that regardless of the consequences.
It's not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections.
Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries.
No one can just file a charge and go directly to a jury trial. That just cannot happen.
If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government; for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law.
There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for hours about who their favorite character on 'Friends' is.
Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.
Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are.