[Spartan79]

Webster County, Iowa, where Northwood is located, has a population of about 36,000, of which less than 5% are black - less than 2,000. It will be hard to get a jury with any significant number of blacks. Chances are a large percentage of blacks in the county knew and or are related to the perp (sorry, “alleged” perp), the victim, or both.

I wonder. If I’m charged with a crime in D.C., and find myself staring at a mostly black jury, can I demand a jury of whites?

[jjotto]

Northwood, Iowa, is not in Webster County.

It is in Worth County, Iowa, and get this, the trial was moved from Worth County to Webster County “out of concern about the racial makeup of the potential jury pool”.

Worth County has far fewer blacks than Webster County, where the city of Ft. Dodge has a small black community.

http://globegazette.com/news/local/may-trial-date-set-for-man-accused-of-northwood-murder/article_213a7a14-7291-58c1-95ee-93aaaa420f35.html

[JimRed]

I wonder. If I’m charged with a crime in D.C., and find myself staring at a mostly black jury, can I demand a jury of whites?

The Iowa case has given you a precedent for your demand.