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“- Ethat jurors must state belief in God. The * i H t Sop AT KOE oT re burch. sult, ~ which” ‘she’ has had to: neg- : Ject during the Jong court battle.- ~~ oa The Court of Appeals decision on jue : . _erors was made Oct.” “11 in the casesof{; 2 Ee -Schowgurow vs. Maryland. It reversed = , oe ‘the murder conviction of 8 Buddhist ‘pes? ere ve LO ; " cause persons of .his religion - were “ex an _ . -- \ cluded from jury duty under the <cen- Be. mo. to ; Etury-old Declaration. of Rights of the 5 Bore teryiand Constitution, which | stipulates 4 wt von, oe toy Buddhist defendant said that his relig= "fon did not require belief in a “supreme 2” making ; it impossible for Budd: ists -as well as agnostics or atheists rve- on’ Maryland juries. Hundreds: 0: ‘are expected to -be’ retried,: whil more have been -volded. qc, us i. apes and Ae ee PUA ENT RPT Oe