There is ongoing debate regarding the peremptory challenge in legal systems. Some argue that it can perpetuate biases and discrimination, while others believe it allows for fair and effective jury selection. Ultimately, the decision to abolish it should consider the balance between upholding justice and ensuring impartiality in the legal process.
The judge issued a peremptory challenge to dismiss the potential juror without needing to provide a reason.
A peremptory challenge allows an attorney to remove a potential juror without providing a reason, while a removal for cause requires showing that a juror is unfit to serve based on a specific reason. Peremptory challenges are limited in number, while removals for cause can be requested without limit for valid reasons.
Thomas Paine, a political philosopher and Founding Father of the United States, argued in his pamphlet "Common Sense" (1776) that titles of nobility should be abolished because they perpetuate inequality and undermine the principles of a democratic society.
The past tense of abolish is abolished.
Workhouses in England were abolished in the early 20th century through the Local Government Act of 1929. The last workhouse in the UK closed in 1930.
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It is called a PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE and is exercised during the Voir Dire portion of jury selection.
peremptory challenge
Peremptory challenge.
Peremptory is an adjective meaning imperious, without opportunity to refuse or contradict, in the manner of expressing a command, putting an end to all debate. It is also used in law. Here are examples of use: "The chairman left the board meeting after his peremptory statement about selling the company." "Because of the juror's body language, the lawyer made a peremptory challenge to have him dismissed." "We had to leave the building peremptorily."
The judge issued a peremptory challenge to dismiss the potential juror without needing to provide a reason.
Because, for whatever reason, they do not want that person on the jury.
no it should not be abolished
A third type of challenge is called peremptory. This challenge removes potential jurors without the necessity for providing a reason. These types of challenges are limited to a predetermined set of numbers. In 1986, in Batson vs. Kentucky, the Supreme Court decided that peremptory challenges could not be used to discriminate solely based on race. The rule established was that it must be shown that the defendant is a member of a recognized racial group that has been intentionally excluded from the jury and the need to raise a reasonable suspicion that the opposing side used peremptory challenges in a manner that was discriminatory.
768.12 Peremptory challenge; offense not punishable by death or life imprisonment; number.Sec. 12.(1) A person who is put on trial for an offense that is not punishable by death or life imprisonment shall be allowed to challenge peremptorily 5 of the persons drawn to serve as jurors. In a case involving 2 or more defendants who are being jointly tried for an offense that is not punishable by death or life imprisonment, each of the defendants shall be allowed to challenge peremptorily 5 persons returned as jurors. The prosecuting officers on behalf of the people shall be allowed to challenge 5 jurors peremptorily if a defendant is being tried alone or, if defendants are tried jointly, shall be allowed the total number of peremptory challenges to which all the defendants are entitled.(2) On motion and a showing of good cause, the court may grant 1 or more of the parties an increased number of peremptory challenges. The number of additional peremptory challenges the court grants may cause the various parties to have unequal numbers of peremptory challenges.
Her peremptory command startled the children.