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MSNBC Alex Witt Reports November 6, 2021 16:29:00

Discrimination in the panel. quite a few african-american jurors were excused through preemptory strikes exercised by the defense. but that doesn t mean that the court has the authority to re-seat. you heard what he said explicitly. there appears to be intentional discrimination, so how do you interpret this? how do you think this could impact the outcome of the trial and whatever the verdict, does this pretty much guarantee another trial on appeal? there were 65 jurors qualified initially. of those 65, 12 of them were african-american, and the defense team used 11 strikes to go directly towards the african-american group that was there. as the judge pointed out, that was intentional. however, they were able to offer non-race related reasons for doing so. and the judge said that he believed that because of that, his hands were tied. i disagree. i think the law would have allowed him to re-seat those 11 ....

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MSNBC Velshi November 6, 2021 12:54:00

Making the current composition of the jury nearly all white in rural georgia. right now there are 12 jurors on the case and three alternates, but only one of those 15 people is black. that makeup doesn t even come close to reflecting the actual demographics of the local population and even the judge presiding over the case condemned the defense s tactics that were clear as day to him, but he was powerless to stop it. this court has found that there appears to be intentional discrimination. quite a few african-american jurors were excused through preemptory strikes exercised by the defense, but that doesn t mean that the court has the authority to re-seat and the court will not place upon the defendants of finding that they are being disingenuous to the court or otherwise are not being truthful with the court when it ....

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MSNBC Alex Witt Reports November 6, 2021 18:46:00

Jurors were excused through preemptory strikes exercised by the defense, but that doesn t mean that the court has the authority to reseat. as a former u.s. attorney, what s your reaction to this? the law in this area is relatively complicated and it stems from a case called batson that sets up a three-step procedure for challenging jurors when one side or the other in a case believes that racial animus has entered into decision making, and the problem here is that the judge followed that statutory process fairly precisely, and it yielded this result that s unsatisfying on its face. this situation is different. here we have the prosecution being unhappy with the jury that s seated. the prosecution will have no opportunity to challenge this result on appeal. if there s not an acquittal or rather, if there s an acquittal, ....

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CNN Don Lemon Tonight November 5, 2021 06:18:00

Nearly all-white jury, jury of your peers. this time all white. they will decide the case. 11 white jurors, one black. ahmaud arbery s mother speaking out. i was very shocked that we only had one black african-american man. i mean, that was devastating. now imagine if it was reversed. all black jurors. just imagine that. protesters taking to the street today even though the judge says there appeared to be discrimination, but ruled the case would go forward. this court has found that there appears to be intentional discrimination. again, quite a few african-american jurors were excused through preemptory strikes exercised by the defense. but that doesn t mean that the ....

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CNN Don Lemon Tonight November 5, 2021 02:18:00

All black jurors. just imagine that. protesters taking to the street today even though the judge says there appeared to be discrimination, but ruled the case would go forward. this court has found that there appears to be intentional discrimination. again, quite a few african-american jurors were excused through preemptory strikes exercised by the defense. but that doesn t mean that the court has the authority to re reseat. i don t care how you feel about it. i mean, if you re sitting around and you re saying, man, that is messed up. the defense explicitly called for white males over 40, so ....

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