9 Black Women Sit on Stevens' Jury

Just a random fact that I thought was intriguing. I haven't been paying much attention to the trial of ALaskan Senator Ted Stevens, but during one of my routine Google Searches, I discovered this article mentioning Black women and thought y'all might find it interesting. I don't know why I thought he was being tried in Alaska. This has to be in DC:

Trial begins with a jury of nine black women, three black men, two white women, one white man and one Hispanic man. Four of these jurors are alternates who will be dismissed before the jury goes to deliberations. Prosecutors describe Stevens as a canny politician who knows how to operate outside the public spotlight; the defense describes him as an absentee homeowner who was taken advantage of by a trusted friend. Roll Call

Comments

[Huemanity]

LOL, he is going to jail.

[BlackAchievement]

Yea, he's toast!

[Aaron]

Now that he has been found guilty, I'm waiting for someone to throw up that it was a plot by the black jurors to help the One.