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By 马可凤梨 - 8 - on the jury list. This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s. In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury. This law abolished special educational requirements for federal jurors and required them to be selected at random from a cross section of the entire community. In the landmark 1975 decision Taylor v. Louisiana , the Supreme Court extended the requirement that juries be representative of all parts of the community to the state level. The Taylor decision also declared sex discrimination in jury selection to be unconstitutional and ordered states to use the same procedures for selecting male and female jurors. 36. From the principles of the US jury system, we learn that ______. [ A ] both literate and illiterate people can serve on juries [ B ] defendants are immune from trial by their peers [ C ] no age limit should be imposed for jury service [ D ] judgment should consider the opinion of the public 37. The practice of selecting so-called elite jurors prior to 1968 showed_____. [ A ] the inadequacy of antidiscrimination laws [ B ] the prevalent discrimination against certain races [ C ] the conflicting ideals in jury selection procedures [ D ] the arrogance common among the Supreme Court judges 38. Even in the 1960s, women were seldom on the jury list in some states because_____. [ A ] they were automatically banned by state laws [ B ] they fell far short of the required qualifications [ C ] they were supposed to perform domestic duties [ D ] they tended to evade public engagement 39. After the Jury Selection and Service Act was passed, _ . [ A ] sex discrimination in jury selection was unconstitutional and had to be abolished [ B ] educational requirements became less rigid in the se