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Jury pools vary according to the jurisdiction. Juries are made up of people who couldn't get out of jury duty, or didn't want to. That means a lot of good jurors for these defendants will beg off if they can, because they run businesses and such.

This jury, which will have to commit for some time, will likely be stacked with women, the old, government workers, and the unemployed. That probably helps the prosecutor in this case.

This jury, which will have to commit for some time, will likely be stacked with women, the old, government workers, and the unemployed. That probably helps the prosecutor in this case.

Let's see:

1. Women, take a look at this thread. The prosecution is not often that excited by women particularly older women who were raised in eras of more morals on the jury in rape cases. There are not that many feminazis out there and like the woman on this thread women jurors often can often figure out another woman.

2. The Old, As I said above people raised in more moral days than today are not the prosecutors friend. And if it is an older person who worked hard there entire life and did not stoop to "dancing" to get ahead, the prosecution may really be in trouble. And an older person will know what "dancer" means.

3. Government workers, this might be a group that cuts the prosecutors way. Of course they also might know how inefficient and tyranical government agencies they work in can be.

4. The unemployed, this group might work for the prosecution, but then they often feel the system including the DA is against people like them.

I personally do not see the jury pool in Durham as bad for the defense as many do here. There are many many respectable African-Americans who would see right through Mangum and would not be very sympathetic to her.