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gptkbp:instanceOf
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legal case
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gptkbp:caseOutcome
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Influenced public perception of justice
Encouraged legal challenges to discrimination
Promoted awareness of racial issues in courts
Significant for minority rights
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gptkbp:caseTypes
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No. 84-5855
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gptkbp:citedBy
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gptkb:Flowers_v._Mississippi
gptkb:Snyder_v._Louisiana
gptkb:Purkett_v._Elem
gptkb:Miller-El_v._Cockrell
gptkb:Johnson_v._California
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gptkbp:court
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Reversed the lower court's decision
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
April 30, 1986
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gptkbp:filedIn
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November 12, 1985
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gptkbp:historical_analysis
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Legal journals and articles
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gptkbp:historicalContext
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Post-Civil_Rights_era
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Batson v. Kentucky
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gptkbp:impact
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Influenced jury selection laws
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
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gptkbp:involved
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gptkb:Wayne_Batson
gptkb:State_of_Kentucky
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gptkbp:judges
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gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Justice_William_Rehnquist
Judicial scrutiny of jury selection practices
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gptkbp:legalStatus
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Equal protection under the law
Strengthened anti-discrimination laws
Racial discrimination in jury selection
Three-step process for Batson challenges
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_amendments
Jury Selection and Service Act
State laws on jury selection
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gptkbp:outcome
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Established_the_Batson_challenge
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gptkbp:politicalParty
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gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_William_Brennan
Justice Harry Blackmun
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gptkbp:precedent
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Subsequent cases on jury selection
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gptkbp:publicAccess
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Debate on jury selection fairness
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gptkbp:relatedPatent
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gptkb:Georgia_v._McCollum
gptkb:Swain_v._Alabama
gptkb:Edmonson_v._Leesville_Concrete_Co.
gptkb:Hernandez_v._New_York
gptkb:J.E.B._v._Alabama_ex_rel._T.B.
Discriminatory practices
Racial bias
Jury impartiality
Peremptory challenges
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gptkbp:significance
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Addressed the use of peremptory challenges
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