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- Title
STATE V. LOWE: THE SUPREME COURT OF NEBRASKA CORRECTLY DETERMINES GENDER DISCRIMINATION DURING JURY SELECTION CONSTITUTES AN EQUAL PROTECTION VIOLATION NOT SUBJECT TO HARMLESS ERROR REVIEW.
- Authors
Goeschel, Joshua
- Abstract
This article reports that the peremptory challenge system has a vast history, dating back more than two thousand years. The Romans were the first to use the peremptory challenge in 104 B.C. The modern day American jury system inherited the peremptory challenge system from English common law in 1790. By 1870, the great majority of the American states provided the defense and prosecution alike a specified number of peremptory challenges in judicial actions. Since that time, attorneys have used this power to strike potential jurors for any reason they have deemed necessary.
- Subjects
NEBRASKA; SEX discrimination laws; COMMON law; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); JURY; JURORS
- Publication
Creighton Law Review, 2004, Vol 38, Issue 1, p193
- ISSN
0011-1155
- Publication type
Article