In the courtroom, a judge could simply decide that since the disparate treatment was suffered by the defendant and not the excused veniremen, it would henceforth be true as a matter of law that singling out black jurors is discriminatory. From Wordnik.com. [Everyone’s Talking about Linda Hirshman’s “Homeward Bound”] Reference
Judge Goff -- All special veniremen will please stand and be sworn in. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Ditch; A True Story of an Ex-Slave] Reference
But before he reached the court-house, where for a half-hour yet the cupola bell would not clang out its summons to veniremen and witnesses, he found fresh fuel for his wrath. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Cumberlands] Reference
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