Disparities across race in jury selection in Manhattan’s federal court are “troubling” and have only increased in recent decades, according to a recent statement from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The comment emerged in dicta from U.S. Circuit Judge Beth Robinson, who highlighted the increasing underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic or Latino individuals in the jury venires of the Southern District of New York. This observation was made in response to arguments from a defendant in a gun case, who contended that his indictment should be dismissed due to systemic underrepresentation in the jury pool.
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