CHART 2 | UNDERREPRESENTATION OF FEMALES AMONG | ||
---|---|---|---|
FOREPERSONS IN THE SOUTHERN | |||
DISTRICT OF FLORIDA | |||
A. | Underrepresentation of females as forepersons (50 | ||
forepersons chosen: 5 female and 45 male) | |||
1. Proportion female; aged 18-69; citizen population | |||
of district (1970 census) | 53.0% | ||
2. Percentage of female forepersons chosen | 10.0% | ||
3. Absolute disparity | 43 | ||
percentage | |||
points | |||
4. Comparative disparity | 81.0% |
I would not hesitate to pick a woman, a black, a Hispanic or any Catholic, Jew, whatever. It simply would make no difference to me if the person seemed responsive to my questioning and reasonably articulate and reasonably intelligent. It would not make any difference to me what their background might be. That is why I can't remember who I have picked I just don't know. . . . I doubt you are going to find any federal judge that has any bias for people because of their religious or racial backgrounds. I just don't think that you can get appointed to the U.S. District Court if you have such a prejudice.
. . . Any person who fails to return a completed juror qualification form as instructed may be summoned by the clerk . . . to fill out a juror qualification form. (Emphasis added.)
CHART 1 | |||
UNDERREPRESENTATION OF BLACKS AMONG | |||
---|---|---|---|
FOREPERSONS IN THE SOUTHERN | |||
DISTRICT OF FLORIDA | |||
(1974-1978) | |||
A. | Underrepresentation of blacks as forepersons | ||
(50 forepersons chosen: one black chosen) | |||
1. Proportion black, aged 18-69, citizen population | |||
of district (1970) | 16.6% | ||
2. Percentage of black forepersons chosen (1/50) | 2.0% | ||
3. Absolute disparity | 14.6 percentage points | ||
4. Comparative disparity | 88.0% |
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