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A California law which took effect in January prohibits prosecutors from removing people who are biased against police officers from juries in criminal trials.\u00a0 The California jury selection process in criminal cases allows the prosecutor and the defense attorney 10 peremptory challenges for most felony trials, and 20 each for capital cases.\u00a0 Prior law allowed these challenges to be exercised for any reason other than solely on the potential juror’s race, which is unconstitutional.\u00a0 AB 3070<\/a> Weber (D Los Angeles) signed into law by Governor Newsom in September of 2020, prohibits the use of a peremptory challenge to remove a juror who considers police and\/or the criminal justice system racist.\u00a0 The law also supports objections by defense attorneys if the prosecutor challenges potential jurors who are inattentive, incoherent or threatening.\u00a0 In a courtroom with a impartial judge who allows a challenge to a gang member who admits that he hates cops, the removal of the gang member from the jury will now become grounds for appeal.\u00a0 The law does not prevent defense attorneys from removing potential jurors who express support for law enforcement or have friends or relatives who are police officers, prosecutors or judges, or who have been victims of crime.\u00a0 Essentially Governor Newsom has approved a law that eliminates the constitutional right of an impartial jury.\u00a0\u00a0The bill’s author, Shirley Weber, was appointed in 2020 by Governor Newsom to serve as Secretary of State.\u00a0 She is the person in charge of California elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A California law which took effect in January prohibits prosecutors from removing people who are biased against police officers from juries in criminal trials.\u00a0 The California jury selection process in criminal cases allows the prosecutor and the defense attorney 10 peremptory challenges for most felony trials, and 20 each for capital cases.\u00a0 Prior law allowed these challenges to be exercised for any reason other than solely on the potential juror’s race, which is unconstitutional.\u00a0 AB 3070 Weber (D Los Angeles) signed into law by Governor Newsom in September of 2020, prohibits the use of a peremptory challenge to remove a juror who considers police and\/or the criminal justice system racist.\u00a0 The law also supports objections by defense attorneys if the prosecutor challenges potential jurors who are inattentive, incoherent or threatening.\u00a0 In a courtroom with a impartial judge who allows a challenge to a gang member who admits that he hates cops, the removal of the gang member from the jury will now become grounds for appeal.\u00a0 The law does not prevent defense attorneys from removing potential jurors who express support for law enforcement or have friends or relatives who are police officers, prosecutors or judges, or who have been victims of crime.\u00a0 Essentially Governor Newsom has approved a law that eliminates the constitutional right of an impartial jury.\u00a0\u00a0The bill’s author, Shirley Weber, was appointed in 2020 by Governor Newsom to serve as Secretary of State.\u00a0 She is the person in charge of California elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,23,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-procedure","category-general","category-jury-trials"],"yoast_head":"\nCA Law Authorizes Biased Jurors - 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