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re: Grand Jury racial make up in Michael Brown case...
Posted on 8/22/14 at 3:04 pm to trackfan
Posted on 8/22/14 at 3:04 pm to trackfan
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You can't be serious. Either that, or you have no idea how juries are chosen.
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.
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.
And yes, I know how they are chosen. My secretary is the Secretary of the Harris County Grand Jury.
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Posted on 8/22/14 at 3:07 pm to real
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So some of you think these 9 white people will let the cop go even if the evidence is against him? Im pretty damn certain they will not!
The are screwed either way. Probably ruin their lives.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 3:23 pm to RCDfan1950
Are grand juries normally 12? I thought it was a bigger group that heard several cases before being dismissed.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 3:26 pm to Alahunter
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We've learned the racial makeup of the grand jury in the Michael Brown case includes 9 whites and 3 blacks.
Ummm, are we missing 4 people
I thought a Grand Jury was a minimum of 16 people
Posted on 8/22/14 at 3:33 pm to Lsut81
nvm, just looked up on the AGs site. Apparently in MO, the Grand Jury is only 12 people.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 3:33 pm to Lsut81
Ummm, are we missing 4 people
I thought a Grand Jury was a minimum of 16 people
16 is the minimum for a FEDERAL grand jury. Otherwise, it's state law that decides, and in Missouri the number is a flat 12.
Here in NH it's 23.
I thought a Grand Jury was a minimum of 16 people
16 is the minimum for a FEDERAL grand jury. Otherwise, it's state law that decides, and in Missouri the number is a flat 12.
Here in NH it's 23.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 3:34 pm to Lsut81
The one I served on in Bama was 18. 12 votes yes were needed for a true bill.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 3:35 pm to Alahunter
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The one I served on in Bama was 18. 12 votes yes were needed for a true bill.
Its 12 in MO, 9 of which to get the Bill.... Just looked it up on the AG's website.
Like I said, I thought it was a minimum of 16, but apparently not. You learn something new every day.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 3:36 pm to Alahunter
Just let Farrakhan count the black folks.....we will have a 300-9 majority
Posted on 8/22/14 at 3:56 pm to Alahunter
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We've learned the racial makeup of the grand jury in the Michael Brown case includes 9 whites and 3 blacks.
St. Louis county demographics according to Wikipedia - 70.3% white, 23.3% black, 3.5% Asian, rest other.
So if my 2nd grade math is correct, it's proportional, very slightly in favor of blacks.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 4:00 pm to idlewatcher
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AKA ordinary, typically retired - which as I said previously blacks make up roughly 13% of the pop.
They make up 13% of the U.S. population, but I'm pretty sure the percentage in the St. Louis metro area is considerably higher than that. In Ferguson alone they make up 67% of the population.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 4:03 pm to AUin02
AUin02
turnout = municipal office holders
registration = jury selection
turnout = municipal office holders
registration = jury selection
Posted on 8/22/14 at 4:04 pm to idlewatcher
The county is 23% AA so it about perfect.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 4:05 pm to Alahunter
Do you have to have a valid ID to be selected to be on a grand jury?
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