> How is sex, race etc required to evaluate guilt or innocent? Because it's part of the facts of the case (imagine for instance if you couldn't mention the col

> How is sex, race etc required to evaluate guilt or innocent? Because it's part of the facts of the case (imagine for instance if you couldn't mention the color and make of a car that hit you)? Not to mention how would you hide the race and sex of a defendant from the jury? Not let the defendant into the courtroom? Move everything to written testimony?