Question: Peremptory challenges may not constitutionally be used to exclude a potential juror from a trial on racial or gender grounds.
a. Must a criminal jury reflect the ethnic or racial diversity of the community? Explain. See Powers v. Ohio, 111 S. Ct. 1364 (1991).
b. Could potential jurors lawfully be rejected on the basis of their place of residence? Explain. See U.S. v. Bishop, 959 F.2d 820 (9th Cir. 1992).