For And (or others) Article Re: Kobe Jury Racial Composition, etc...

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Not a bad article in the Denver paper. web page

Doubtful many minorities will make it on the jury and you wonder if the ones interviewed will be DQ'd now. But the article does raise some interesting questions. What is kind of funny is that they talk about historical racial problems in Eagle County, but talk about moving the trial to Denver, a city with a much more troubled history, and more ongoing problems in my estimation. Now the jury might be fairer, might be better for one side or another, but Denver has had a lot of problems. So how far back do you go? Probably not back to Colorado's Klan heyday in the 20's, but there have been school desegregation problems, tension over gangs and violence in the '80's and 90's etc.... Sorta strange and interesting. I was even struck by the prosecutor from a jury in Denver once upon a time where I expressed the opinion, after being asked directly, (and even had some facts to back it up, LOL) that racism had in fact hurt blacks in the justice system from time to time. It was kind of funny. Definitely some racial tension in the courtroom.