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Report of the Special Supreme Court Committee on Peremptory Challenges and Jury Voir Dire.
Trenton, NJ: Committee (2005).
Recommendations cover standards, voir dire, challenges for cause, training, etc.
Jackson, Stacey S.
The Use of Peremptory Challenges for Discrimination in the Administration of Justice: Annotated Bibliography.
(Fall 1998).
Lists materials relating to peremptory challenges. Includes caselaw and legislation.
Johnson, Eric C.
Public Law Research Institute Report: Proposed Reforms to the Criminal Justice System as a Reaction to the Simpson Verdict.
Public Law Research Institute (1994).
Provides brief discussion of notorious trials and list of suggested reforms, including eliminating peremptory challenges.
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Approved Standards for Jury Selection.
Trenton, NJ: Office of Trial Court Services (2006).
Selection standards include model voir dire questions for civil and criminal cases.
Donahue, Honorable Gary.
Voir Dire Demonstration.
Ninth National Court Technology Conference, Seattle, Washington (September 2005).
Voir Dire instructions for potential jurors.
Mize, Gregory E.
"On Better Jury Selection -- Spotting UFO Jurors Before They Enter the Jury Room."
Court Review 31, no. 1: 10 (Spring 1999).
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Schwartz, Victor E. et al.
Safeguarding the Need for Improved Jury Service Laws.
Washington, DC: National Legal Center for the Public Interest (2002).
(KF9680 .S39 2003)
Starr, V. Hale.
Jury Selection: Sample Voir Dire Questions.
Boston: Little, Brown (2001).
(KF8979 .J87 2001)
Hoffman, Morris B.
"Abolish Peremptory Challenges."
Judicature 82, no. 5: 202 (March 1999).
The author believes that peremptory challenges undermine public trust in the jury system. (KF200 J8)
Garcia, Patricia A.
The American Jury: Changes for the 21st Century.
Chicago: American Bar Association, Office of Justice Initiatives (1999).
(KF8972 .G37)
Smith, Christopher E., and Roxanne Ochoa.
"The Peremptory Challenge in the Eyes of the Trial Judge."
Judicature 79 , no. 4: 185 (January 1996).
This article discusses a survey of federal judges, which found a consensus about the benefits of the peremptory challenge and supported continuing the practice. (KF200 J8)
Fahringer, Herald Price.
"The Peremptory Challenge: An Endangered Species?."
Criminal Law Bulletin 31, no. 5: 400 (September 1995).
The author, a practicing lawyer, sees the increasing restrictions on peremptory challenges as a serious threat to the defendant’s right to an impartial jury trial. (KF9202 C78)
Friedman, Richard D.
"Asymmetrical Peremptories Defended: A Reply."
Criminal Law Bulletin 31, no. 4: 337 (July 1995).
(KF9202 C78)
Aprile, J. Vincent II.
"Peremptory Strikes: The Prosecutorial Advantage."
Criminal Justice: 44 (Winter 1995).
Suggests that defense should be allowed more peremptory strikes than prosecution. (KF9602 C73)
Ogletree, Charles J.
"Just Say No! A Proposal to Eliminate Racially Discriminatory Uses of Peremptory Challenges."
American Criminal Law Review 31, no. 4: 1099 (Summer 1994).
Ogletree suggests expanding the for-cause challenge. In the course of his argument, he discusses (but does not necessarily advocate) removing peremptories completely. (KF9202 A45)
Brown, Raymond.
"Peremptory Challenges as a Shield for the Pariah."
American Criminal Law Review 31, no. 4: 1203 (Summer 1994).
The author, a criminal defense lawyer, argues that Batson signals the beginning of the end of the peremptory challenge, one of the few protections available to “pariah” minority defendants. (KF9202 A45)
Sames, Roger W.
Is Less Than 100 Percent Enough?: the Inclusiveness and Representativeness of the Jury Source Lists by Race, Gender, and Age of the Jury, Age Population in Dakota County, Minnesota During 1992.
(1993).
(KFM5942 .S26)
Fukurai, Hiroshi.
Race and the Jury: Racial Disenfranchisement and the Search for Justice.
New York: Plenum Press (1993).
(KF8979 .F84 1993)
Report of the New Jersey Supreme Court`s Ad Hoc Committee on Jury Selection in Criminal Cases.
Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts (1993).
(KFN2381 .N49 1993)
The Representativeness of Jury Pools and Treatment of Jurors in the Multnomah County, Oregon, Courts: Report.
(1993).
(KFO2942 .M85)
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