Judges Respond to Concerns About D.C. Jury Pool Diversity
The Washington Post
July 15, 2007

D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal E. Kravitz had never seen a jury pool quite like the one that walked into his courtroom for the trial of Donnie Ray Horne.

In a city that is nearly 60 percent black, the prospective jury for the sexual assault case against the black defendant was almost 90 percent white. It was the sort of pool that has been raising concerns among defense lawyers in the District, as the city's changing demographics bring white newcomers to a jury roll that has long struggled to reach some of the city's poorer residents.

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"You want justice not only to be done but to be seen to be done, by the public at large, by the minority population and by the individual defendant and witnesses," said Stephan Landsman, a law professor at DePaul University who wrote the American Bar Association's most recent set of principles for juries.

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