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"Batson" for the Bench? Regulating the Peremptory Challenge of Judges

dc.contributor.authorKing, Nancy J., 1958-
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-24T20:33:32Z
dc.date.available2014-06-24T20:33:32Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.citation73 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 509 (1998)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/6500
dc.description.abstractThe choice of whether to adopt or preserve judicial peremptories should not turn on the resolution of one issue. The risk that such challenges will be used to discriminate between judges on the basis of race must be considered along with the other disadvantages of the challenge and weighed against its potential benefits. Nevertheless, if there is one lesson to be learned from the last few decades of scrutiny of the criminal justice system, it is that discretion can and will be used to discriminate. This difficulty weighs heavily against injecting into our justice system additional discretionary opportunities for litigants to play the race card, absent a truly compelling reason to do so.en_US
dc.format.extent1 document (25 pages)en_US
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dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherChicago-Kent Law Reviewen_US
dc.subject.lcshJudges -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshJudges -- Disqualification -- United Statesen_US
dc.title"Batson" for the Bench? Regulating the Peremptory Challenge of Judgesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.ssrn-urihttp://ssrn.com/abstract=137574


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