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The issue of racial bias in jury selection has been complicated by the question of whose rights are implicated; the potential juror's, or the defendant's. [10] A Michigan Law Review article, published in 1978, asserted that young people, during that period, were under-represented on the nation's jury rolls. [11]
Jury selection is the selection of the people who will serve on a jury during a jury trial. The group of potential jurors (the "jury pool,” also known as the venire) is first selected from among the community using a reasonably random method. Jury lists are compiled from voter registrations and driver license or ID renewals.
Strike for cause (also referred to as challenge for cause or removal for cause) is a method of eliminating potential members from a jury panel in the United States.. During the jury selection process, after voir dire, opposing attorneys may request removal of any juror who does not appear capable of rendering a fair and impartial verdict, in either determining guilt or innocence and/or a ...
"The Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Department does not contact citizens by telephone and request payment for warrants, writs, missed court dates or jury duty," the news release states. "We are ...
Tippecanoe County no longer uses precinct voting sites for Election Day voting. Instead, any registered voter in the county may cast a ballot at any of the 15 vote centers in the county that will ...
Tippecanoe County Clerk’s office received a visit from the Indiana Secretary of State who presented the office with a check for $29K. Tippecanoe County Clerk’s Office receives $29,000 grant to ...
A citizen's right to a trial by jury is a central feature of the United States Constitution. [1] It is considered a fundamental principle of the American legal system. Laws and regulations governing jury selection and conviction/acquittal requirements vary from state to state (and are not available in courts of American Samoa), but the fundamental right itself is mentioned five times in the ...
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