Law Practice
Aug. 3, 2006
Whites Make Better Jurors on Racially Diverse Panels
Forum Column - In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court held that to exclude anyone from a jury on the basis of race is unconstitutional.
By Elizabeth A. Moreno
In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court held that to exclude anyone from a jury on the basis of race is unconstitutional. In Peters v. Kiff, 407 U.S. 493 (1972), the white defendant sought to over turn his conviction on the grounds that blacks were systematically excluded from sitting as jurors. The court held that "whether the defendant is white or Negro, whether he is acquitted or convicted," the act i...
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