Research by Sommers and Norton (2007) on the impact of race on the use of peremptory challenges indicates that attorneys

a. are equally likely to remove from the jury African-American and Caucasian individuals.
b. do not always give accurate explanations when asked to justify a peremptory challenge.
c. are impacted by prospective jurors' gender more so than their race.
d. are influenced by race more so in civil trials as opposed to criminal trials.


b. do not always give accurate explanations when asked to justify a peremptory challenge.

Psychology

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What will be an ideal response?

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