Batson Issues in Capital Jury Selection
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Days & Times
11 a.m. PT/Noon MT/1 p.m. CT/2 p.m. ET
75 minutes
Course Location
Online
Course Fees
This webinar is presented free of charge.
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This webinar will focus on the United States Supreme Court decisions impacting the exercise of peremptory challenges during jury selection in capital cases. The webinar will include a comprehensive discussion of Batson v. Kentucky and the cases that followed and expanded Batson. During the webinar judges will be introduced to the three-part test set out in Batson, applied in subsequent cases, and expanded in Miller-El v. Cockrell and Miller-El v. Dretke. In addition to helping judges master the substantive law, the webinar will address the procedural aspects of Batson, including application to recurring factual scenarios and practice pointers. Judges who engage fully in the webinar should be fully prepared to address Batson issues, assuring that the record fully documents challenges, responses, findings, and rulings essential to satisfying Batson’s constitutional mandates.
This webinar is presented free of charge. $0
During this course, you will learn to:
- Appreciate the constitutional framework and underlying objectives of the decision in Batson v. Kentucky and its progeny;
- Recite and properly apply the three-part Batson test to factual scenarios that arise in capital cases;
- Analyze the type and quantum of evidence that may be considered in applying the third part of the Batson test as impacted by the decisions in Miller-El;
- Assure that the record clearly documents Batson challenges, responses, the court’s findings, and the court’s rulings; and
- Utilize practice pointers to assure the efficient handling of Batson issues.
This course qualifies for The National Judicial College Certificate in Judicial Development program Administrative Law Adjudication Skills, Dispute Resolution Skills, General Jurisdiction Trial Skills, Special Court Trial Skills, and Tribal Judicial Skills disciplines.
This webinar will focus on the United States Supreme Court decisions impacting the exercise of peremptory challenges during jury selection in capital cases. The webinar will include a comprehensive discussion of Batson v. Kentucky and the cases that followed and expanded Batson. During the webinar judges will be introduced to the three-part test set out in Batson, applied in subsequent cases, and expanded in Miller-El v. Cockrell and Miller-El v. Dretke. In addition to helping judges master the substantive law, the webinar will address the procedural aspects of Batson, including application to recurring factual scenarios and practice pointers. Judges who engage fully in the webinar should be fully prepared to address Batson issues, assuring that the record fully documents challenges, responses, findings, and rulings essential to satisfying Batson’s constitutional mandates.