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R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-9-2 (2026)

Exclusion for race, color, or previous servitude, disability, or gender prohibited

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No citizen, possessing all other qualifications which are or shall be prescribed by law, shall be disqualified for service as a grand or petit juror in any court of this state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, disability, or gender; and any officer or other person, charged with any duty in the selection or summoning of jurors, who shall willfully exclude or fail to select or summon any citizen for any of the causes provided shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1973–1973 · leading case: State v. Clark, 308 A.2d 792 (R.I. 1973).
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State v. Clark, 308 A.2d 792 (R.I. 1973). “” In fact §9-9-2 specifically states that no qitizen who is otherwise qualified shall be disqualified from serving as a grand or petit-juror because of his race, color, or previous condition *275 of servitude, and that any person who wilfully excludes or fails to summon a juror…”
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