The right to a jury of peers is enshrined in U.S. law, yet the selection process has historically favored white jurors, systematically excluding black individuals through various legal and procedural barriers. In the context of the recent trial of Ahmaud Arbery's murderers (2021), the jury selection process (voir dire) highlighted significant racial disparities, with a jury composed of eleven white jurors and one black juror, despite a local population that is 27% black (or identifies as...
