rules of criminal procedure committee
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Colorado’s jury selection process: Does ‘implicit’ bias create injustice?
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In 1985, James Batson, still smarting from a failed appeal in the Kentucky Supreme Court bidding to overturn burglary and stolen goods convictions, brought his case to the United States Supreme Court. He alleged that his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights had been violated by a Kentucky prosecutor. During the jury selection process, Batson and…
