Labels:book | bulletin board | reckoner | sky | windowpane OCR: Legal scholars and trial advocates have historically tecognized the importance of the peremptory challenge in securing fair pue impartial trial However there is ou constitutional basis for exerci ising this privilege anc use has been altered anc modified bi legislative enact- ment and practice Court imposed restrictions on its use have evolved tn order promote the principles of equa] protection and the elimination of wrongful dis crimination in the jury selection process Thercfore, the significant state interest in prov iding litigants, both civil and criminal, faiy and impartial trial can only plished applying the principles found Batson Kentucky preclude gender based peremptor ies The State's use of its peremptory strikes to eliminate male jurors from the solely because of their gender d ...