{"id":2741,"date":"2021-09-01T05:30:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T09:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2021-09-01T14:19:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T18:19:35","slug":"massachusetts-supreme-judicial-court-decides-juror-discrimination-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-supreme-judicial-court-decides-juror-discrimination-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reviews racial bias in jury selection in Commonwealth v. Carter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decides Juror Discrimination Case\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During jury selection, attorneys are allowed to object to a proposed juror without giving a reason for the objection. This is called a peremptory challenge. However, attorneys throughout history have used peremptory challenges to strike jurors based on racial stereotypes. In the 1986 case of\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Batson v. Kentucky<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, the United States Supreme Court held that a prosecutor cannot use peremptory challenges to exclude jurors solely on the basis of race.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/massachusetts\/supreme-court\/2021\/sjc-11517-amp-sjc-11518.html\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Commonwealth v.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>Carter<\/em> that it was an abuse of discretion for the trial judge not to require the prosecution to provide a race-neutral reason for its challenge of at least one Black juror.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-supreme-judicial-court-decides-juror-discrimination-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reviews racial bias in jury selection in Commonwealth v. 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