Judge says 'there appears to be intentional discrimination' in Ahmaud Arbery case jury selection

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

but allows trial to move forward with 1 Black juror

After a long and contentious jury selection process in a coastal Georgia county in preparation for the trial for Ahmaud Arbery's killing, a panel of 12 people was chosen Wednesday -- consisting of one Black member and 11 White members.

The jury was selected after a two-and-a-half-week selection process that ended with prosecutors for the state accusing defense attorneys of disproportionately striking qualified Black jurors and basing some of their strikes on race.

Judge Timothy Walmsley said the defense appeared to be discriminatory in selecting the jury but that the case could go forward.

"This court has found that there appears to be intentional discrimination," Walmsley said Wednesday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/judge-says-there-appears-to-be-intentional-discrimination-in-jury-selection-but-allows-trial-to-move-forward-with-1-black-juror/ar-AAQibH6

[Bayard]

1. Start over on jury selection

Especially since the judge knows it it blatantly discriminatory.

[Igel]

6. "Appears" was the word chosen.

Not "was" or "is shown to be."

[NCDem47]

2. I see it. I know it. I express it. But....

We'll let the show go on.

Big shoulder shrug.

WTF??

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Ummm, Your Honor!

Georgia demographics show 32% black, 58% white.
Setting aside other races or ethnicities, this makes the ratio 0.37, or more than 1/3rd.
This jury is 8.33% black, not 37%.
The jury doesn't represent the citizens in the state.

[BlueJac]

4. Georgia'Georgia

Wtf

[PatSeg]

5. ".....basing some of their strikes on race."

Well, with that logic maybe white jurors should have been eliminated because the defendants are white.