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Supreme Court: No constitutional violation in all-white Michigan jury

In a ruling that could make it tougher for minority defendants to challenge convictions by all-white juries, the Supreme Court Tuesday in Berghuis v. Smith reversed a 6th Circuit ruling that a Michigan jury selection system - which the defendant claimed drained black jurors from the pool before criminal juries could be selected - did ...

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