![]() ![]() Most of the veniremen thus challenged for cause were excluded with no effort to find out whether their scruples would invariably compel them to vote against capital punishment. However, under the state statue, the prosecutor had unlimited challenges for cause in murder trials "of any juror who shall, on being examined, state that he has conscientious scruples against capital punishment, or that he is opposed to the same." At petitioner's trial, the prosecution eliminated nearly half the venire of prospective jurors by challenging all who expressed qualms about the death penalty. The petitioner was found guilty of murder Illinois and the jury agreed upon a sentence of death. ![]()
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