Batson.

• Author: Tiffani, Charles B.
• Position: Letters - Letter to the editor

Greetings to the 95 percent of my sisters and brothers who will never try a criminal case, serve on a criminal jury, or even be a spectator this side of the local news .Batson has become a dagger stuck into the heart of the American jury system and impaled there by elites who believe the average citizen is far too stupid to put aside hatreds to fairly judge fellow human beings. Batson has been flipped on its ugly head as the government now uses it to assure that the mob will be placated by restricting defense attorneys from using challenges that are not politically correct. A question to all those who feel that dead victims deserve to have members of their particular group on juries: If you were selected to serve, would you find a fellow human being guilty when innocent because he was of a different...