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Eli is a public defender who is representing his client in a first degree murder case. A plea arrangement could not be arranged, so the case is going to trial. In a matter of weeks, Eli will be forced to help seat a jury. He is hoping to have a chance to sit jurors that will sympathize with his client, whom grew up in abject poverty and has a low iq. Eli is not sure what the outcome to this case may be considering there is not an eyewitness to this case.
If a prospective juror states that all people who are poor are just lazy and deserve to be in prison, Eli can request that the juror is removed by requesting a ________.
a. peremptory challenge
b. challenge for cause
c. voir dire
d. dismissal

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