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  • Judge lays down own law: No all-white juries Transcripts reveal controversial stand

    07/25/2005 3:18:37 PM PDT · by toddlintown · 50 replies · 1,735+ views
    Chicago Tribune ^ | July 25, 2005 | Jeff Coen
    A judge's comments in recent months that she would refuse to seat an all-white jury have raised eyebrows at Cook County Criminal Court and questions about whether the judge acted inappropriately. "Folks, you all know I have a rule; I don't seat all white jurors," Circuit Judge Evelyn Clay said as a jury was being picked to hear a murder trial last month, according to court transcripts. -snip- Some lawyers who work at the Criminal Courts Building said they see no problem with a judge taking a stand for diversity on juries. "I see her now as a leader in...