Donald Trump Can Eliminate Jurors Without Giving a Reason in Stormy Daniels Trial

Donald Trump can eliminate 10 jurors from his Stormy Daniels trial without giving a reason, a legal expert has said.Jury selection is set to take place on April 15 in Trump's hush-money case. More than 500 New Yorkers are expected to fill out questionnaires about their political beliefs before 12 are chosen, along with six alternate jurors.

Germain added that prosecutors cannot eliminate jurors based on recognized 'suspect classes'—race, religion, national origin and noncitizen status—that require special judicial scrutiny to avoid unlawful discrimination.So a judge is unlikely to allow prosecutors to eliminate a juror because they were born in a particular country or practice a particular religion.

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