[Peace-discuss] another Tue 3/27 event: League of Women Voters "Campaign Finance: The Real Price of a Vote"

[John W.]

At 12:19 PM 3/26/2007, Shirley Stillinger wrote:

>The local League of Women Voters has been working with the Law School for 
>the past two years.  Students in Beckett's trial advocacy class have been 
>observing in our courtrooms for several years; but, for the past two, they 
>have been filling out questionnaires.  Data  from hundreds of hours in the 
>courtrooms are compiled and presented in a report.
>
>Last year, the Gazette reported on one finding:  that the number of 
>minorities in the jury pool (from which the jury is selected) is 
>disproportionately small.  Efforts have been made to correct that.

What kind of efforts, if I may ask?

John Wason