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...questioning begins. The prosecutor, Garry, and Huggins' lawyer, Catherine Roraback of New Haven, probe the juror's attitudes-whether it is a deep-seated prejudice or an opinion formed by reading the evening paper-towards the case, the defendants, and the Panthers in general...
Unlike McLucas' lawyer, Garry and, to a lesser extent, Roraback play up the involvement of the Panthers in the case, and the trial's political nature. Garry even takes every opportunity to remind the juror of the connection, introducing himself time and time again as, "representing Mr. Seale, co-founder and chairman of the Black Panther Party...
Thus Garry and Roraback have established the jurors' opinions of the Panthers as issues in the selection. Opinions of police and black people in general as well as acquaintance with parties involved in the case are also issues. Once the defense lawyers or the prosecution has ascertained that the juror is prejudiced, they either use one of their peremptory challenges, or convince Judge Mulvey that he should be excused...
...prosecuting attorneys seem to assume that a juror is "safe" unless something-if, for example, he is black-makes them sit up and take notice. As of last week, the state's attorney's office had used only 30 of its allowance of 60 peremptory challenges, while Garry and Roraback had used all but one of theirs...
...defense took great care to examine each perspective juror to minimize racism on the jury," according to defense attorney Gerald Lefcourt. His questions centered on the racial and political beliefs of each prospect...