In the ruling, Weeks found that not only did prosecutors across the state intentionally use the race of a potential juror as a significant factor in decisions to exercise preemptory challenges -- the practice of striking somebody from a jury without explanation, but that the practice occurred in Robinson's case.

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The larger point of this exercise was to clarify and examine each individual argument against the practice.

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In theory, these days are the opportunity for the Commons to exercise its core responsibility to monitor the use of public money - in practice, they're debates on issues raised by select committee reports.

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In that case the practice of letting a jury decide whether a warning is complete is an exercise in futility, an argument about a hypothetical.

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