The jury selection is complete and O.J. Simpson is to be tried by an all white jury. There are 9 women and 3 men all white comprising the jury. Also, there are two alternates who are black. Anyone see a problem with this?
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LAS VEGAS - An all-white jury will judge O.J. Simpson and a co-defendant on kidnapping and robbery charges after defense lawyers lost a contentious courtroom battle to include two African-American women on the panel.
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District Attorney David Roger gave the judge what he called "race neutral" reasons for removing the two with his peremptory challenges, and defended the final makeup of the jury chosen late Thursday night, saying that two of six alternate jurors are black.
Both of the women who were removed had strong religious views, and the prosecutor said he thought one of them would be inclined to "forgive" Simpson while the other said she was hesitant to send anyone to prison.
Simpson's 1995 acquittal on murder charges came from a predominantly black jury.
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Anyone else have reservations with this?
09-12-2008, 08:04 AM
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