Alabama
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An Essay on the Trial by Jury
A U.S. state whose statutory juror qualifications or selection method are surveyed as part of the author's state-by-state argument that American juries are generally illegal.
In Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, and Alabama, jurors are required to be “freeholders or householders.
In Alabama, “the sheriff, judge of the county court, and clerks of the circuit and county courts,” or “a majority of” them, select the jurors.
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
A state whose constitution addresses slaves without validly designating enslaveable persons.
The constitutions of the States of Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama, all have provisions about slaves;