Twelve Jurors Selected for Bill Cosby Trial Amid Race Claim

[corbe]

May 24 2017, 9:58 pm ET

Twelve Jurors Selected for Bill Cosby Trial Amid Race Claim

by Ron Allen and Tracy Connor

Twelve jurors have been chosen for the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial: seven men and five women, two of them black, in a case where race and gender loom large.

Defense lawyers had accused prosecutors of trying to block black jurors from the panel, but the district attorney denied it, and the challenge was overruled by the judge.

Cosby did not mention the controversy when he spoke to reporters as he left the courthouse, instead thanking the "wonderful people" of Pittsburgh and local police who "made everything very, very smooth."

The final two jurors were chosen on the third day of selection; one of them replaced a previously chosen juror who was removed for personal reasons that were not disclosed. Six alternate jurors were also picked Wednesday, and two of them are black.

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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/bill-cosby-scandal/twelve-jurors-selected-bill-cosby-trial-amid-race-claim-n764176

[truth_seeker]

2/12 means blacks are OVERREPRESENTED on the jury, compared to their share of the population.

[Frank Cannon]

[mountaineer]

The jury is drawn from Pittsburgh residents for this Philadelphia trial.

[thackney]

2/12 means blacks are OVERREPRESENTED on the jury, compared to their share of the population.

16.7% on the jury, 14.4% in the county of the trial.  Hard to get it closer without slicing people into pieces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania#Demographics

[truth_seeker]

16.7% on the jury, 14.4% in the county of the trial.  Hard to get it closer without slicing people into pieces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania#Demographics

Oh, okay. Sorry. My county is 1.7%, fortunately