Abstract
This paper looks at the reasons that racial minorities make up a very small proportion of the lawyers and judges in the United States. The writer discusses if it would make any difference if more of the lawyers representing criminal defendants were racial minorities. The writer explains that evidence suggesting that prosecutors use their peremptory challenges to preserve all-white juries in cases involving African American or Hispanic defendants has led some commentators to call for the elimination of the peremptory challenge. The writer discusses the strongest argument in favor of eliminating the peremptory challenge.

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"According to a study published on line by The Judicial Counsel of California, public hearings and opinion surveys revealed that members of minority communities did not believe that the judiciary and court staff reflected California's increasing diversity. An overall impression was that although the general public gives the California judiciary a good report card many minority-group members do not believe that they will receive equal justice in the California courts. Another finding was a persistent perception among minorities that the justice system gives scant attention or resources to investigating ... "

Tags:race, dicrimination, bias, american justice system, minorities, representation, preemptive challenges, judges, juries, attorneys.

Abstract
This paper examines the Book 'Music of the Swamp' by Lewis Nordan, a fictitious story that depicts the Southern way of life. It examines how Nordan's writing style allows him to strike a delicate balance between portraying the harsh real life situations at the same time satiating the appetite of the witty minded with a hilarious novel that addresses all the typical southern elements like the discriminatory social climate. It shows how by using all bizarre characters and elegant language the author has managed to pass on his point that in life there is always this duality and that happiness and sadness complement each other.

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"The author always manages to infuse the gloomy picture of Mississippi throughout the novel. This is evident when Sugar with his father and mother visits the Mississippi beach and even there they are greeted with death. A man lies dead along the coast like one of the fishes. The dark discoveries of Sugar doesn't end here. Soon when he casually digs up all around his house he is shocked to unearth a dead woman in a red dress. Furthermore when Sugar visits the drug store with his father he again faces death square in the face when his father accidentally overdoses his friend to death. So even as a child the young sugar experiences drugs, discrimination, death and a lot of the gloomy side of life."

Tags:society, blacks, Mississippi, dicrimination, death, love