U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Mar. 21, 2017
Equal protection and the Sixth Amendment
In Peña-Rodriguez, the Sixth Amendment was found supple enough to offer relief where a juror's racial bias is so egregious and material. But why limit the holding to race?
I've never been on a jury and now in old age and retirement do not expect ever to be on one. But I have studied their workings and the long struggle of women to serve on them. When I was a public defender, I tried cases to juries in D.C., wonderful mixed groups who took the work very seriously. Indeed most people find serving a fascinating and worthy experience, and feel that they have made an important contribution to our government, to our society.
I'm not sure the Colorado jury in...
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