Sentences with phrase «eliminate potential jurors»

Also, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that in criminal cases, prosecutors can not use peremptory strikes to eliminate potential jurors based on the juror's race, ethnicity, or gender.

A peremptory challenge allows the Crown or defence counsel to eliminate a potential juror from serving on the jury.

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He provides information that potential jurors need to know to make it through voir dire, such as that disclosing a distrust of law enforcement, disagreement with the laws, and so on during voir dire will almost certainly assure an individual friendly to the defendant will be eliminated from the jury.