Labels:book | reckoner | sky | windowpane OCR: Thus, the importance of peremptory challenges to the American judicial system was recognized and established early on However with the precol lonial use of peremp tory cha llenges iT England, its use in this country has not becn without modification and alteration Swain Alabama, this Court First broke with the tradition af allow- ing unquestioned use Of the challenge without cause. There, was determined that defendant criminal case has the right object prosecutor Use its peremptory challenges based the Due Process of the 14th Amendment The Court placed the evidentiary burden of proof upon the defendant esta ablish that prosecutor has used challenges exclude prospective jurors from the jury because of their race and conc luded that such pattern of systematic use must established showing exc ...