Excluding jurors on the basis of national-origin

Interesting case in terms of whether or not excluding on the basis of national-origin is protected.

Judge William H. Pauley III’s decision did not find that the Bronx district attorney had specifically discriminated against West Indians. But if prosecutors cannot prove in a hearing that four Jamaicans and one Trinidadian were excluded for reasons other than national origin, Mr. Watson could receive a new trial.


Ban on Using Nationality to Exclude Jurors Is Upheld
A federal judge has affirmed that allowing American-born blacks on a Bronx jury but systematically excluding West Indians is discriminatory.

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