Sunday, June 9, 2019
Case study based upon on a hypothetical legal situation
Based upon on a hypothetical legal situation - courting Study Exampleed improper tactics to pick an all-white control board for a black defendants murder trial, and subsequently overturned the conviction of a man who has been on death row for 12 years.1Application/Analysis Prosecutors should be allowed to consider race as a factor in the jury selection, as well as gender and age, which could also be problematic for the defense. Since Mr. Woodson was Black, he definitely should return been able to at least have one or two jurors be Black as well so the jury would constitute a reflection of more of a jury of his peers. Alan M. Dershowitza lawyer for O.J. Simpsonwrote eloquently in his book, We were pleased that we had a largely Black jury, which might be more open to arguments about police perjury, evidence tampering, and so onarguments we believed were correct. If that is playing the race card, then the race card should be playedbecausepolice often make
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