A Black man was convicted of a crime after the prosecution used their peremptory challenges to remove all Black people from the pool of prospective jurors. On appeal, the judge asks the prosecution to explain why they removed the Black jurors, and the prosecution cannot come up with a valid reason. Therefore, the judge concludes that they were removed based on their race and overturns the conviction. What Supreme Court case was the basis for the judge’s decision?
A. Strauder v. West Virginia
B. Norris v. Alabama
C. Batson v. Kentucky
D. Hernandez v. Texas
C. Batson v. Kentucky
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