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NYC Attorney. I sue employers, cops, and anyone else who deserves it. I fight the good fight. How about you?

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Lil Durk Update - Day 1 of Trial - JURY SELECTION In a federal criminal trial, picking the jury is basically like picking 12 referees for the biggest game of someone’s life. The court starts with a big group; judge tells them a little about the case and asks questions to see if anyone has a reason they cannot be fair. The questioning part is called “voir dire,” which is just a fancy French way of saying, “Who are you, and can you actually be fair?” People can be kicked off the jury for a real reason, which is called being removed “for cause.” Then both sides also get a few chances to say, “Nah, not that person,” without proving the person is biased. Those are called peremptory challenges. Here is where it gets interesting. The people who end up in federal court as defendants do not always look like the people sitting in the jury box. In 2025, about 23% of people sentenced in federal court were Black, and about 88% of everyone sentenced was male. More than 4,000 Black males age 30 or younger were sentenced in federal court that year. While there is no reliable nationwide number telling us exactly how many young Black men actually make it onto federal juries. Researchers have found, though, that Black people are underrepresented in federal jury pools, sometimes because fewer people respond to jury summonses or because of the way the lists are built. My own experience says young black males are simply absent from jury pools, as well as young men, generally being underrepresented. While a Black defendant is not legally entitled to have Black people, or young Black men, on his particular jury it does raise the question whether or not people are being tried by a jury of their peers.

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