In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court prohibit prosecutors from the use of peremptory challenges to strike possible jurors on the basis of race?

a. Batson v. Kentucky (1986)
b. Powers v. Ohio (1991)
c. Georgia v. McCollum (1992)
d. J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B. (1994)


a

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A. 1940s B. 1950s C. 1960s D. 1970s E. 1980s

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