The case of held that potential jurors who object to the death penalty cannot be automatically excluded from jury service in capital cases.

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Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968) established that potential jurors who object to the death penalty cannot be automatically excluded from jury service in capital cases, as doing so would create a jury biased in favor of conviction.

The Case of Held That Potential Jurors Who Object to the Death