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US judges battle on makeup of juries

Plan to seat more blacks criticized

By Shelley Murphy
Globe Staff / September 16, 2005

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A judge's plan to try to get more African-Americans on a federal death penalty case by targeting certain ZIP codes with additional jury summonses has triggered an extraordinary legal battle that could change how all federal juries are selected in Boston. (Full article: 862 words)

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