Name:   Buteye - Subject:   Kate Steinle Jury Selectin Date:   12/1/2017 1:29:47 PM

The jury selection was made up of six men and six women, three of whom are immigrants. The jury was a cross-section of today's San Francisco. It included at least two tech workers and most jurors appeared to be in their 20s and 30s. Their educaional degrees range from Ph.D's to high school diplomas. More than 1000 potential jurors were called in for the jury selection process, which took place over three days. As they asked the jurors a stream of questions, lawyers on both sides emphasised that they wanted them to focus on the "facts" of the case and not the "politics". Assistant District Allorney Diana Garcia declined to comment on the composition of the jury. It is hard to believe that very much information could have been revealed during three days questioning of over a thousand people. Matt Gonzalez, the lead "defense" lawyer in the case and the chief attorney of the San Francisco Public Defenders Office said, "we are very pleased with the jury". He went on to say "we have such diversity built in San Francisco and I think we have a jury that understands a lot of the concerns about the defendent receiving a fair trial". Since the lawyers emphasised "facts" over "politics", it seems irionic that  Gonzalez asked them at one point "if they would be comfortable coming to a verdict opposed by President Trump".                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Several potential jurors were dismissed because they acknowledged that they might be too emotional about the shooting. One potential alternate juror, who was dismissed, said he thought he might not be able to be impartial in the case because he had a sister named Kate and she looked a lot like Steinle. Does anyone believe the three immigrants on the jury were impartial? Their being on the jury would be like having three murderers on the jury of someone being tried for murder.