Huh. Prosecutor used what was probably her last preemptory challenge to boot me from the jury. Go figure. Who wouldn't want ME on a jury?
@bansheebabe My biggest concern, still, is before they (predictably & understandably) bounced me, prosecutor got rid of all people of color
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@emptywheel You know, I'm in Twin Cities, that kinda shit doesn't fly much here Accused was black, our forewoman & 2 other jurors were too -
@bansheebabe There were only ~5 PoC in pool of 38. 4 made it into box, all but 1 (Asian/Latino, maybe) DQed either peremptory or cause.
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@emptywheel And 1 Korean guy. Victim was white 15 yr old daughter of mom's boyfriend, the accused. He was predator, but race made it dicey 2 -
@bansheebabe Yeah, I got bounced before I learned race of victim. Defendant was black. But GR a far whiter county than GR is a city. -
@emptywheel Did they ask you race questions? We didn't know race of victim either til race ?s were on ?aire
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@emptywheel But if an all white jury were seated here in crim trial of black man it wld be HUGE media controversy, guaranteed.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel My pardner got seated on civil corp corruption case around same time, jury was all white, def acquitted. White JustUs juryThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel And our black forewoman was fantastic. She was a hella people manager. But I know that is uncommon on juries too.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Juror I made common cause w/was black woman who thot it was racially based, was hell bent on acquitting. It was a tough jury.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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