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Ilikepurple

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24. I believe you are referring to the black prospective jurors that were struck for cause.

Reply to Seeking Serenity (Reply #21)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 03:09 AM

Jun 10

There were at least three jurors that were struck with one of Texas’s extremely generous ten peremptory strikes. Somehow most states can get by with less. My state gets by with only three. I’m suspicious of Texas’s need for so many. There was a Batson challenge that was denied by the judge. I’m not sure any of us are in position to say whether the strikes were race based or not unless we have more information. I’d be careful to paint the black members of the jury pool with such a broad brush from published replies from one or two prospective jurors.

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