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New York Civil Rights Law Section 13 - Right To Serve On Juries.

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    § 13. Right to serve on juries. No citizen of the state possessing all
  other  qualifications which are or may be required or prescribed by law,
  shall be disqualified to serve as a grand or petit juror in any court of
  this state on account of race, creed, color, national origin or sex, and
  any person charged with any duty in the selection or summoning of jurors
  who shall exclude or fail to summon any citizen for any  of  the  causes
  aforesaid   shall,   on  conviction  thereof,  be  deemed  guilty  of  a
  misdemeanor and be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
  five hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days,  nor  more
  than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment.

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