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Sonali Chakravarti

Sonali Chakravarti is an associate professor of Government at Wesleyan University and the author of the forthcoming book, Radical Enfranchisement in the Jury Room and Public Life.

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Law & Justice

A Jury of One’s Peers

Prosecutors use a system of “strikes” to engineer nearly all-white juries. Eliminating this system would not only make juries less racist, but also bring us closer to the original intent of the jury system.

Sonali Chakravarti

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