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Study: Blacks Stricken From Juries in Southern States
Jun 2nd 2010 – 2:47PM
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(June 2) -- Black Americans are being stricken from Southern juries -- especially in cases of capital punishment -- because they live in poor neighborhoods, chew gum or are thought to have "low intelligence," according to a new report. The two-year study published today by the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative found...
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