How to Use peremptory challenge in a Sentence

peremptory challenge

noun

• To wit: in the six trials, the State employed its peremptory challenges (that is, challenges for which no reason need be given) to strike forty-one out of forty-two African-American prospective jurors.
  — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 21 June 2019
• Weinstein’s lawyers had run out of peremptory challenges (i.e., jurors who are stricken at the discretion of the two legal teams, rather than for cause) by the time the juror in question was examined.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 24 Feb. 2020
• The prosecutor used a peremptory challenge to dismiss Byng.
  — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2021
• Schleicher used a peremptory challenge Wednesday to remove from the panel a woman who has a nephew who’s a sheriff’s deputy in western Minnesota.
  — Steve Karnowski, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2021
• Normally each side would have one peremptory challenge.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2019
• Jurors were excused from the courtroom and Burke denied the defense's request to grant them an additional peremptory challenge.
  — Jean Casarez, CNN, 18 Jan. 2020
• In Batson, the high court ruled that a prosecutor cannot use peremptory challenges in jury selection in a criminal case to exclude jurors based on race.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 21 June 2019
• In that case, a prosecutor used his peremptory challenges to dismiss all four potential black jurors.
  — Ranjani Chakraborty, Vox, 12 Oct. 2018
• At issue are peremptory challenges, which lawyers can use to dismiss a limited number of prospective jurors without having to state a reason.
  — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 29 Jan. 2020
• Aidala used up the defense’s 20th and last peremptory challenge by 11 a.m., meaning the team could no longer cut people without providing justification.
  — Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2020
• Defence lawyers used peremptory challenges to dismiss five prospective jurors who appeared to be indigenous.
  — The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018
• Prosecutor Steve Schleicher used a peremptory challenge Wednesday to remove from the panel a woman who has a nephew who’s a sheriff’s deputy in western Minnesota.
  — Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2021
• The rule that peremptory challenges can’t be used to discriminate is well-established in judicial procedure.
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 6 Nov. 2018
• Georges wrote in Monday’s ruling that the trial judge erred in jury selection during the third trial by allowing prosecutors to issue what’s known as a peremptory challenge of at least one Black juror.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2021
• Most often the practice occurs through a legal tactic called a peremptory challenge, which allows an attorney to strike a potential juror without having to state a reason.
  — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2021
• In the Abbott Laboratories case, attorneys for the company never gave a rationale for their peremptory challenge.
  — NBC News, 25 Feb. 2021
• In a favorable ruling for the defense, however, Matthews granted a request by Crumbley's lawyer to add peremptory challenges during jury selection.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2024
• Prosecutors and defense attorneys were also able to dismiss prospective jurors without cause, using what's called a peremptory challenge.
  — Eric Levenson and Aaron Cooper, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
• Prosecutors and defense attorneys can also move to dismiss prospective jurors without cause using what's called a peremptory challenge.
  — Eric Levenson and Aaron Cooper, CNN, 10 Mar. 2021
• Throughout the voir dire process, prosecutors and defense attorneys have 20 peremptory challenges, meaning each side can dismiss up to 20 potential jurists without providing a reason for doing so.
  — Jean Casarez, CNN, 18 Jan. 2020
• Prosecutors and defense attorneys also receive what are known as peremptory challenges.
  — oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
• Most trial courts allow lawyers to exercise a number of peremptory challenges during jury selection—that is, dismissing potential jurors without providing a reason.
  — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 21 June 2019

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