Word: factly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then the judge came in, and as we all rose, I was struck by a fact I hadn't noticed as all of the jurors sat there--only two of us were Black...
...white jury. His attorneys argued that not only was this unfair, but that no Black person "within the memory of persons now living [had] ever served on an petit jury in any civil or criminal case tried in Talladega County, Alabama." This was in spite of the fact that "of the group designated by Alabama as generally eligible for jury service in that county, 74 percent (12,125) were white and 26 percent (4,281) were Negro...
...court opinion, based on precedent, agreed that the fact that no Black had ever served could prove that "the peremptory system is being used to deny the Negro the same right and opportunity to participate in the administration of justice enjoyed by the white population,... ends the peremptory system is not designed to facilitate or justify...
Indeed, it is such a pleasure that Argeros forgot to mention that the rebate was almost two points lower than last year's 9.5 percent. In fact, our patronage was appreciated so much that he also failed to note that the rebate was the lowest in 12 years...
Marie Orben, chairman of the CTA, said that most of the objections to the contract stemmed from the fact that raises were not the same across the board. Teachers with more than 12 years seniority will receive "professional improvement incentives" in the from of slightly higher raises each year, she said...