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Jun 28, 1994To amend title 11, D.C. Code, to clarify that blind individuals are eligible to serve as jurors in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Summary
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Amends the District of Columbia Code to prohibit an individual who is blind from being disqualified to serve as a juror solely on the basis of blindness unless, in a particular case, the individual's blindness makes the individual incapable of rendering satisfactory jury service in that case.
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Introduced(4/13/94)
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Ms. Norton
House (D) District of Columbia
Cosponsors (6)
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Became Public Law No: 103-269.
Jun 28, 1994