Question

A report entitled Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy details the results of an investigation of jury selection procedures in eight __________states.

Answer 1

Answer:

Southern States              

Explanation:

          United States have a long known history for racial discrimination in their jury selection process. It is prohibited by the U.S. law. To eliminate the discrimination based on race in the jury selection, he Congress passed a law in the Bill of Rights in the year 1875.

          The report presented by the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama reported that there is still the practice of selecting jury based on race in most of the states of U.S.

          It had made a study in the jury selection procedures of Eight southern states namely Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and South Carolina and found that there is racial discrimination in the selection of Jury.

Thus the answer is -- Southern States