The Exclusion of Felons from Jury Service
2003; Volume: 53; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
0003-1453
Autores Tópico(s)Criminal Law and Evidence
ResumoIntroduction 67 I. What Is Constitutionally Permissible? 70 A. The Constitutionality of Allowing Felons to Serve on Juries 70 B. The Constitutionality of Barring Felons from Jury Service 71 1. The right to have a jury 71 2. Rationales 73 3. Cross-section 75 a. The meaning of the cross-section requirement...... 76 b. Application of the current standard 81 4. Equal protection 88 5. Due process 92 6. Fifteenth Amendment 94 7. Bill of attainder and ex post facto 97 C. Conclusion 99 II. General Policy Considerations 100 A. A History of Exclusion 100 B. Probity 102 C. Inherent Bias 105 D. Clemency 108 E. Administration 110 F. Racial Disparity 113 G. Prosecutorial Self-Dealing 114 H. The Ideal of Individualization 115
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