Texas A.G. Paxton: Excluding Religious Jurors Constitutes Discrimination Based on Faith
December 04, 2020
December 04, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 4 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release:
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined seven other states in an amicus brief before the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, arguing that a Florida district court had wrongfully excluded a juror because of his religious beliefs and that the court's decision should be reversed.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton joined seven other states in an amicus brief before the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, arguing that a Florida district court had wrongfully excluded a juror because of his religious beliefs and that the court's decision should be reversed.
In our religiously diverse nation, juries of our peers will necessarily include r . . .