Racial Bias in Jury Selection: Upholding the Sixth Amendments Right to a Fair Trial

Discussion 2: 370 Narrative Responses on Jury Selection Do you think that the make-up of the jury would matter in crimes as heinous as these? Yes, the composition of the jury matters significantly in any criminal trial, especially in cases involving serious crimes like murder. And since there have been open cases of injustices due to unequal representations of the whites and the people of color in the criminal judicial system, the jurors must understand their role in enhancing equality regardless of the intersecting identities of the offenders. The jury's role is to impartially evaluate the evidence presented and make a fair decision based on the law not based on their assumptions or perception towards a certain group. To this effect, the racial composition of the