Arkansas
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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, too, “It shall be the duty of the county court of each county * * to make out and cause to be delivered to the sheriff a list of not less than sixteen, nor more than twenty-three persons, qualified to serve as grand jurors;
In Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, and Alabama, jurors are required to be “freeholders or householders.
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;