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Alameda County public defender challenges judge over lack of Black jurors
Public defenders argue lack of Black jurors violates constitutional rights amid systemic underrepresentation documented in Alameda County jury pools, citing a 2010 ACLU study.
- On Thursday, Woods, Mollique, and Denton asked Judge Pelayo Llamas to call a new panel including at least one Black person for defendant Eboni Route's trial.
- A 2010 ACLU of Northern California study found Black people made up 18% of eligible jurors but only 8% appeared, and local advocates say this underrepresentation persists in Oakland.
- During two days of questioning, defense counsel observed that each prospective juror had a roughly 1-in-7 chance, yet the panel lacked Black representation from the 85 people last week.
- On Friday morning, 56 additional people arrived, and about four appeared to be Black, Denton said the court will move to the group only if seats remain.
- On Wednesday, California lawmakers approved a juror pay pilot, but demographic data from the six-month program remain unreleased, leaving its impact uncertain.
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Alameda County public defender challenges judge over lack of Black jurors
Last week, 85 people filed into Alameda County Superior Court in downtown Oakland. They’d been called to serve as jurors for a case in which the defendant, an Oakland woman named Eboni Route, faces misdemeanor charges of battery against a police officer and resisting arrest.
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