peremptory challenge
noun
: a challenge (as of a juror) made as of right without assigning any cause
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The father's defense team won three additional peremptory challenges of jurors, giving each side eight strikes to dismiss prospective jurors without giving a reason.
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Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
Crumbley’s attorney used a peremptory challenge to remove him from the panel.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
All could be excused as both sides have eight peremptory challenges to dismiss any prospective juror for any reason.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
In a favorable ruling for the defense, however, Matthews granted a request by Crumbley's lawyer to add peremptory challenges during jury selection.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2024
The Real Blac Chyna star also filed a peremptory challenge against Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory W. Alarcon, alleging unfair treatment in court.
—Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
The current system of allowing a side to object to the other side's peremptory challenge of a potential juror if discrimination is thought to be the unstated motive is ineffective and inefficient, according to the proposal by the two former trial judges.
—Paul Davenport, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
The case is a peremptory challenge, meaning a decision could have wider effects in negating anti-discriminatory policies than similar cases like Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
—Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2022
Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
Crumbley’s attorney used a peremptory challenge to remove him from the panel.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
All could be excused as both sides have eight peremptory challenges to dismiss any prospective juror for any reason.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
In a favorable ruling for the defense, however, Matthews granted a request by Crumbley's lawyer to add peremptory challenges during jury selection.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2024
The Real Blac Chyna star also filed a peremptory challenge against Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory W. Alarcon, alleging unfair treatment in court.
—Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
The current system of allowing a side to object to the other side's peremptory challenge of a potential juror if discrimination is thought to be the unstated motive is ineffective and inefficient, according to the proposal by the two former trial judges.
—Paul Davenport, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
The case is a peremptory challenge, meaning a decision could have wider effects in negating anti-discriminatory policies than similar cases like Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
—Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2022
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