When I lived in St. Louis, I was called for jury duty virtually every three years, almost like clockwork. Probably as many as six calls.
But, I was selected for only one case in the City's Petit Court. The first one. Every other case where the juror selection process got underway, I was rejected. My gut said that I was a college-educated, moderately successful white man, hardly a peer of most defendants in the City - usuallly under-educated, blue collar type black men!
May be wrong, but it makes sense to me!
Served one six-month term as a panelist on a Federal Grand Jury. That was much more interesting than any of the City's cases!
SWR
