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Originally Posted by Jeff P
A Google search for the phrase "proportion of US population by race" (without the quotes) turned up the following link to a page at the US Census .gov site:
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fa...e/US/PST045219
If a jury has 12 members not counting alternates, and if said jury HAD to have a number of black members equal to the black percentage of the US population:
Doing some quick math I get 1.6 jurors calculated as follows:
1.6 = 0.134 x 12
That said, if I were an attorney for the defense or prosecution - and if I were trying to cherry pick jurors during voir dire:
I would be much more interested in the backgrounds and belief systems of the jurors themselves than their race.
-jp
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Almost every liberal in this country does not take that into consideration. How many times do you hear them complaining about things like not enough black head coaches in the NFL or NBA, then when they are counted they usually surpass 13%.
