Problem:
Q1. Why do you think the U.S. Supreme Court decided to intervene in the Ed Johnson case (see "Focus on an issue: The Lynching of an Innocent Man")? Need Assignment Help?
Q2. Evidence suggesting the prosecutors use their peremptory challenges to preserve all-white juries in cases involving African American or Hispanic defendants has led some commentators to call for the elimination of the peremptory challenge. What do you think is the strongest argument in favor of eliminating the peremptory challenge? In favor of retaining it?
Q3. Why does Paul Butler advocate "racially based jury nullification'? Why does Randall Kennedy disagree with him?
Q4. In this chapter, we present a number of examples of lawyers who "played the race card" in a criminal trial. Almost all of them involved prosecutors who appealed to the potential racist sentiments of white jurors. Does this represent misconduct? Why or why not? How should the judge respond?
Reference:
Walker, S., Spohn, C., & DeLone, M. (2018). The color of justice: race, ethnicity, and crime in America, 6th edition