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Is the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office racist?
 
The chart on the right shows the percentage of juries that would have 0 or 1 or 2 etc. black members if they weren’t being kept off because of their race.
 
This is calculated using statistics based on the percentage of black people in the Jefferson Parish population.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Blacks on Jury What it should be
0 6%
1 17%
2 24%
3 22%
4 15%
5 8%
6 4%
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