Subdivision 1. Prohibition. A citizen shall not be excluded from jury service in this state on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, economic status, marital status, sexual orientation, or a physical or sensory disability.
Subd. 2. Certain challenges for cause. Nothing in subdivision 1 restricts the right to strike an individual from being impaneled on a jury for cause based on a showing that a physical or sensory disability will impair the juror's ability to try a particular case.
History:1977 c 286 s 2; 1992 c 453 s 1; 2013 c 90 s 1