Witherspoon v. Illinois

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Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510 (1968), was a U.S. Supreme Court case where the court ruled that a state statute providing the state unlimited challenge for cause of jurors who might have any objection to the death penalty gave too much bias in favor of the prosecution. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Witherspoon v. Illinois

Argued: April 24, 1968. --- Decided: June 3, 1968

See 89 S.Ct. 67.

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Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Donald J. Veverka, Westchester, Ill., for respondent.

James B. Zagel, Chicago, Ill., for respondent, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court.

Robert R. Granucci, San Francisco, Calif., for the State of California, as amicus curiae.

Mr. Justice STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

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