All-White Jury

JUDGE DISMISSES ALL-WHITE JURY

 

By Miriam Raftery

October 27, 2015 (Louisville, KY)--Can a black defendant get a fair trial with an all-white jury?

A judge in Louisville, Kentucky, says no – and he’s dismissed an entire jury because it lacked minorities in the trial of an African-American defendant facing drug charges.


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