He was elected to office by people who, for the most part, cannot serve on a federal jury due to felony convictions.
Anyway, Berry's political strenth came from 8th Ward ~ they love the Mayor.
BTW, Berry's the kind of guy that if you can get past the doper part, is quite engaging ~ a friendly man ~ and he has a list of "quotable quotes", all of 'em original, to equal that of any politician in any time of history.
But wasn't he a Democrat? And aren't all D.C. Juries supposed to be liberal?