Racial minorities - small proportion of the lawyers and judges in the U.S.
1. Racial minorities make up a very small proportion of the lawyers and judges in the United States. What accounts for this? What difference, if any, would it make if more of the lawyers representing criminal defendants were racial minorities? Support your answer.
2. Evidence suggesting that prosecutors use their peremptory challenges to preserve all-white juries in cases involving African American or Hispanic defendants has led some commentators to call for the elimination of the peremptory challenge. What do you think is the strongest argument in favor of eliminating the peremptory challenge? In favor of retaining it? Make informed arguments for both sides.
This solution examines what accounts for racial minorities making up a very small proportion of the lawyers and judges in the United States, and what differences, if any, would it make if more of the lawyers representing criminal defendants were racial minorities. It examines both sides of the debate in eliminating the peremptory challenge. Research validated with sources included.
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