One Black juror, 11 whites to hear trial over Arbery slaying

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/jury-selection-nears-end-trial-ahmaud-arberys-death-80950196

[sheshe2]

1. That sounds reasonable.

Fair and impartial.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Nearly all-White jury picked for trial in Ahmaud Arbery's killing, over prosecution's protests

This is an outrage

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An overwhelmingly White jury will weigh murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery after the defense struck 11 out of 12 Black people from the final pool for a nationally watched case in which race looms large.

Prosecutors alleged racial discrimination Wednesday in jury selection, formally challenging eight of the defense picks. But the judge rejected the prosecutors’ argument, saying the defense gave sufficient reasons other than race for their choices.

Black people made up a quarter of the finalist jurors; the jury ultimately included one Black man and 11 White people.....

When a strike is challenged as racially motivated, however, lawyers must give a “race-neutral” justification for their choice.

Those reasons are “pretty easy to find,” said Ashleigh Merchant, a Georgia attorney who has been following the case and knows lawyers on both sides.

[Beringia]

3. This spells disaster

[SoCalDavidS]

4. Accountability, American Style

It was Cold Blooded Premeditated Fucking MURDER.

I pray for the proper result.

[malletgirl02]

5. Jim Crow

is alive and well in Georgia.

[marble falls]

6. "It was pure chance! I flipped the nickle myself!" says County Voter Registrar Roberta E Leigh.

[TheBlackAdder]

7. It's the sequel to 12 Angry Men, this time 11 Angry Men.

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[kairos12]

8. Let me guess...

the foreman's name will be Nathan Bedford something.

[Lunabell]

9. Oh.

This is not ok. It does not represent the population.

[obamanut2012]

10. Curtis Flowers jurors