Are there restrictions on peremptory challenges?
There are some restrictions on peremptory challenges. First of all you only get a certain number of them and if a pattern emerges, let us say for instance there is a Native American kid on trial and from a community that is say 30% Native Americans and the prosecutor is dismissing every Native American who is in the jury pool the judge may actually say, “Wow, we need to go the chamber and talk about this”.
