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Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling that a prosecutor's use of a peremptory challenge in a criminal case—the dismissal of jurors without stating a valid cause for doing so—may not be used to exclude jurors based solely on their race.
Case name Citation Date decided Skipper v. South Carolina: 476 U.S. 1: 1986: McLaughlin v. United States: 476 U.S. 16: 1986: EEOC v. FLRA: 476 U.S. 19: 1986: Turner v.
[10] [16] During the selection process, Evans challenged African-American jurors with its first seven strikes, which resulted in a Batson challenge by the defense (Batson v. Kentucky (1986) established that peremptory challenge cannot be used to discriminate against jurors based on race, ethnicity, or sex [30]). [31]
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Death-qualified juries are often criticized because they have a similar effect as excluding jurors based on race or gender, [4] which intentional exclusion, in Batson v. Kentucky in 1986, was held as inconsistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Batson v. Kentucky , 476 U.S. 79 (1986) Prosecutors may not use peremptory challenges to dismiss jurors based on their race. Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña , 515 U.S. 200 (1995) Race-based discrimination, including discrimination in favor of minorities ( affirmative action ), must pass strict scrutiny .
In 1994, Williams’ conviction was overturned on the grounds that black jurors had been improperly dismissed. Although it was nearly 10 years after the trial, a 1986 US Supreme Court case (Batson v Kentucky) gave Williams’ open appeal a new avenue. Cases that had open appeals would fall under the 1986 ruling.
This case recognized the peremptory challenge as a valid legal practice so long as it was not used intentionally to exclude blacks from jury duties. The precedent set in this case was overturned in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986).