Proud Boys Lose Demand For More White Jurors

Law & Crime reports:

A federal judge rejected an 11th hour claim by Proud Boys’ lawyers that prosecutors improperly discriminated against white jurors. The ruling, made by a Donald Trump appointee, will ensure that the jury panel will bear a greater resemblance to the diverse U.S. capital city. Nicholas Smith, attorney for Ethan Nordean — who is facing more than a dozen charges relating to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol — challenged the government’s use of peremptory challenges in the jury selection process.

He said that because the government used their challenges to oust five white men and one white woman from the jury pool, prosecutors had improperly discriminated on the basis of race, gender, and religion. “This is disturbing,” Smith said. “Six of the eight were white jurors, five of those 6 were male. The statistics are 75% and over 80%.” Smith added that those numbers alone show that the government was discriminating.

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