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July 10, 2015
The issue of lack of racial diversity in the jury pool in the first-degree murder trial of a Northwood African-American man was raised again Tuesday.
However, it appears this time the trial of Tyrone Washington Jr., 41, will continue, unlike in May when his first scheduled trial was halted due to a lack of African-Americans on the jury.
Washington is charged in the August 2013 stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, Justina Smith, 30, in Swensrud Park in Northwood.
His trial in May, also held in Webster County on a change of venue from Worth County, was halted when District Judge Colleen Weiland granted a defense motion to dismiss the entire group of prospective jurors due to the lack of African-Americans among them. Defense attorney Charles Kenville argued that lack of diversity hurts his client’s chances of receiving a fair trial.
In May there were no African-Americans in the jury pool. This time four African-Americans returned juror questionnaires and three were among the more than 200 prospective jurors who showed up for jury duty Tuesday morning.
“I think it is still unrepresentative,” Kenville said.
