§ 9-9-2. Exclusion for race, color, or previous servitude, disability, or gender prohibited.
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).
History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 1948, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 329, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 2; P.L. 1939, ch. 700, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-9-2; P.L. 1991, ch. 149, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 323, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 8; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 8.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally
Section 9-9-1.1. - Qualifications of jurors.
Section 9-9-1.2. - Interpreters or readers for jury service.
Section 9-9-2. - Exclusion for race, color, or previous servitude, disability, or gender prohibited.
Section 9-9-3. - Persons exempt from service.
Section 9-9-5. - Jury commissioner — Term — Appointment and removal.
Section 9-9-6. - Vacancies in office of jury commissioner.
Section 9-9-7. - Assistants and expenses of office.
Section 9-9-8 - — 9-9-14. Repealed.
Section 9-9-14.1. - Selection of jurors by use of electronic data processing equipment.
Section 9-9-14.2. - Time of selections.
Section 9-9-15 - — 9-9-21. Repealed.
Section 9-9-22. - Period during which names drawn are liable to service as jurors.
Section 9-9-23. - Investigation of names drawn — Lists of persons well qualified to serve.
Section 9-9-24. - Appeals from jury commissioner.
Section 9-9-25. - Application to pending proceedings.
Section 9-9-26. - Appropriations — Expenses.
Section 9-9-27. - Retention of jury lists.
Section 9-9-28. - Prohibition against loss of employment or longevity benefits.