In Batson v. Kentucky, the Court specifically declared that the use of peremptory challenges by prosecutors in criminal cases to excluded jurors on the basis of _____ violated the equal protection clause.
A) gender.
B) religious preference.
C) race.
D) national origin.
E) intelligence.

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On the basis of a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions, beginning with Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), outlawing racial discrimination in jury selection, the jury has become increasingly more representative of the racial diversity in the United States.

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