Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 243


   


U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 243. Exclusion of jurors on account of race or color

      No citizen possessing all other qualifications which are or may
    be prescribed by law shall be disqualified for service as grand or
    petit juror in any court of the United States, or of any State on
    account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude; and
    whoever, being an officer or other person charged with any duty in
    the selection or summoning of jurors, excludes or fails to summon
    any citizen for such cause, shall be fined not more than $5,000.



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