From the Green Bay Press from Sunday.
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"Brown County juries routinely seeing higher rates of white jurors
Rate of disparity becomes greater every step in selection process
By Keegan Kyle • kkyle@greenbaypressgazette.com • July 5, 2009
Racial minorities serve on Brown County juries to a lesser degree than they exist in the population.
In the past eight years, juries have routinely contained a higher ratio of white people and a lower ratio of minorities compared with demographic estimates for the county.
An analysis of annual jury management reports by the Green Bay Press-Gazette shows the jury selection process becomes less representative of the overall population as it nears the courtroom.
The first pool of residents generated in the process almost perfectly reflects demographic estimates each year from the U.S. Census Bureau, but the concentration of white people increases at several steps toward a pool of sworn jurors.
Brown County staff members who manage juror selection said they weren't concerned about the level of racial disparity and said computer programs randomly select participants." Brown County juries routinely seeing higher rates of white jurors | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette
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