How to Use peremptory challenge in a Sentence

peremptory challenge

noun
  • All could be excused as both sides have eight peremptory challenges to dismiss any prospective juror for any reason.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
  • In that case, a prosecutor used his peremptory challenges to dismiss all four potential black jurors.
    — Ranjani Chakraborty, Vox, 12 Oct. 2018
  • Crumbley’s attorney used a peremptory challenge to remove him from the panel.
    — Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Defence lawyers used peremptory challenges to dismiss five prospective jurors who appeared to be indigenous.
    — The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018
  • The attorneys will also select up to six alternate jurors, and the two sides will receive five more peremptory challenges during that process.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • At issue are peremptory challenges, which lawyers can use to dismiss a limited number of prospective jurors without having to state a reason.
    — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The rule that peremptory challenges can’t be used to discriminate is well-established in judicial procedure.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 6 Nov. 2018
  • Jurors were excused from the courtroom and Burke denied the defense's request to grant them an additional peremptory challenge.
    — Jean Casarez, CNN, 18 Jan. 2020
  • In Batson, the high court ruled that a prosecutor cannot use peremptory challenges in jury selection in a criminal case to exclude jurors based on race.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 21 June 2019
  • Prosecutors and defense attorneys also receive what are known as peremptory challenges.
    — oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
  • One important limit on the peremptory challenge is that the Constitution forbids the use of race as the basis for excluding a juror.
    — The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024
  • For a criminal trial involving class E felonies, which are what Trump is being charged with, 10 peremptory challenges per side fits the state guidelines.
    — Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Using what are known as peremptory challenges, lawyers can strike a certain number of prospective jurors without necessarily having to provide a reason.
    — Tim Arango, New York Times, 13 May 2024
  • This time around, each side will have less opportunity to dismiss potential jurors because both used six of their 10 peremptory challenges earlier this week.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Most often the practice occurs through a legal tactic called a peremptory challenge, which allows an attorney to strike a potential juror without having to state a reason.
    — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Schleicher used a peremptory challenge Wednesday to remove from the panel a woman who has a nephew who’s a sheriff’s deputy in western Minnesota.
    — Steve Karnowski, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Prosecutors and defense attorneys can also move to dismiss prospective jurors without cause using what's called a peremptory challenge.
    — Eric Levenson and Aaron Cooper, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The father's defense team won three additional peremptory challenges of jurors, giving each side eight strikes to dismiss prospective jurors without giving a reason.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Prosecutors and defense attorneys were also able to dismiss prospective jurors without cause, using what's called a peremptory challenge.
    — Eric Levenson and Aaron Cooper, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The Innocence Project pointed out that the prosecutor had removed six Black potential jurors from the pool using peremptory challenges.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The Innocence Project claims the prosecutor had removed six qualified Black prospective jurors from the pool using peremptory challenges.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
  • In the Abbott Laboratories case, attorneys for the company never gave a rationale for their peremptory challenge.
    — NBC News, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Most trial courts allow lawyers to exercise a number of peremptory challenges during jury selection—that is, dismissing potential jurors without providing a reason.
    — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • Georges wrote in Monday’s ruling that the trial judge erred in jury selection during the third trial by allowing prosecutors to issue what’s known as a peremptory challenge of at least one Black juror.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2021
  • In a favorable ruling for the defense, however, Matthews granted a request by Crumbley's lawyer to add peremptory challenges during jury selection.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The second way to remove a juror from the pool is known as a peremptory challenge, in which a potential juror can be disqualified for almost any reason, even if the juror is otherwise eligible and not susceptible to be removed for cause.
    — The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Prosecutor Steve Schleicher used a peremptory challenge Wednesday to remove from the panel a woman who has a nephew who’s a sheriff’s deputy in western Minnesota.
    — Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Throughout the voir dire process, prosecutors and defense attorneys have 20 peremptory challenges, meaning each side can dismiss up to 20 potential jurists without providing a reason for doing so.
    — Jean Casarez, CNN, 18 Jan. 2020
  • Deputy District Attorney Daisy Altamore made a peremptory challenge to remove the case from sitting arraignment Judge Hector Ramon.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The rare peremptory challenge against Ramon appears to have been driven by the District Attorney’s Office’s displeasure with the judge over past decisions to grant bail or pretrial release to high-profile criminal defendants.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025

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