... Matthew D. Ports, of Pfaff & Gill, Ltd., Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers
Association. Randall D. Schmidt, Chicago, and John A. Cise, law student, for amici curiae
NELA/Illinois and the Employment Discrimination Project. OPINION. ...
... peremptory challenges on the basis of race; (2) the burden then shifts to the prosecutor to provide
a race-neutral reason for excluding the juror in question; and (3) the trial court then weighs the
evidence and determines if the defendant proved purposeful discrimination. See No. ...
... 213.010 et seq. (2004)), alleging age and gender discrimination. ... We reverse and remand. Ferreri
was discharged on August 26, 2004. He filed a claim of age and gender discrimination with the
Missouri Commission on Human Rights, which issued him a right-to-sue letter. ...