The U.S.Supreme Court ruled in Batson v.Kentucky (1986)that prosecutors engage in unlawful discrimination when they exclude blacks from jury service through the use of ______.

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The Supreme Court ruled in Batson v. Kentucky that prosecutors engage in unlawful discrimination when they use peremptory challenges to exclude individuals from jury service based solely on their race or ethnicity. Peremptory challenges are the ability for the prosecutor and the defense to remove a certain number of potential jurors without giving a reason, and this ruling aimed to prevent racial bias from playing a role in these decisions.

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