re: Grand Jury racial make up in Michael Brown case...

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You can't be serious. Either that, or you have no idea how juries are chosen.

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No need to be a smartass

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Grand jurors are pulled from the same pool of ordinary people as petit jurors, the ones who decide trials, and are paid the same, in St. Louis County about $18 a day plus mileage.

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AKA ordinary, typically retired - which as I said previously blacks make up roughly 13% of the pop.

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A judge tries to balance members’ gender, race and geography. Here, a grand jury meets on Wednesdays for four months. The current one is set to expire Sept 10 but will be extended to hear all the evidence in the Brown case, McCulloch said. He said the grand jury had three black members, out of 12 total.

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And yes, I know how they are chosen. My secretary is the Secretary of the Harris County Grand Jury.