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 on June 1, 2010, 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. Kentuckyin 1986...
To read more of this summary of the report, click here.
To read the actual report, click here.
To watch the videos "Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy" or "Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: The Earl McGahee Case", click on the Youtube videos below:
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