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History of All-White Juries Fail To Hold White Suspects Accountable
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2:27Now PlayingFor much of the nation’s history, women and racial minorities have been excluded from participating in pivotal aspects of the judicial process.
Congress attempted to deal with this fact by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1875, that was designed to outlaw race-based discrimination in jury selection. Despite the legislation, Blacks from many states were still denied a right to serve.
Not only were Black people left off juries, they were denied the right to fair trial because all-white juries would often allow murders, rapes and other criminal actions against Blacks to go unpunished.
It was not until 1970 that the United States Supreme Court began requiring that jury pools represent women and minorities.
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