In the recent controversial challenge to the jury selection process of Detroit Recorder’s Court, Prosecuting Attorney Robert Harrison said that he could not find any evidence of “systematic or intentional exclusion” of persons from serving on juries in the City …
Accused persons in Detroit Recorder’s Court have been tried and, in many cases, found guilty by juries of which Blacks, other minority group members, Southern-born, foreign-born, working-class people, ADC mothers, students, bearded males, and persons convicted of moving traffic violations …
A little more than a year ago, David Brown, Jr. of Compton, California sat isolated and frightened in a Wayne County jail cell awaiting trial on charges of assault with intent to commit murder.