This essay is about Jury selection, and whether it is acceptable to dismiss a juror in the juror dismissal stage of a trial based on their race.

In the article I chose a man's sentencing was unjustly affected due to a difference in policy between the state he was being tried in, and the national laws regarding the same topic. The policy dispute has to do with the process and exemptions of jury dismissal prior to the beginning of the trial based on motives of race. In trials held within the states it was policy that both sides could dismiss a certain …

…that although our court system is prone to prolonged court cases and occasional clashes in policy, that we have the firmest and most fair court system in the world, and if ever I were to be accused of a crime I wouldn't want to be tried anyplace but here. Works Cited Washington Post, Saturday, May 19, 2001. Brooke A. Masters. Washingtonpost.com http://www.refuseandresist.org/resist_this/062100jury.html American Constitution. Amendment six, Bill of Rights