I actually listened to the voi dire. These women aren’t going to be swayed by appeals to emotion. It’s a well-chosen jury.
Interesting take about two of the jurors that were selected,
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The process was moving along smoothly when defense attorney Mark O’Mara piped up.
“I would now ask the state to give a race-neutral reason why they have struck four white
women in a row,” he said.
In response, Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson asked Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda
to give his race- and gender-neutral explanations for each strike.
He did, but the judge rejected the prosecutor’s argument in the case of two of the
women — both of whom ended up on the jury.
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