My peers? Yeah, right.(item from 'Fat Girl' indicates that the California Supreme Court upheld the right to remove a juror who was 'overweight and poorly groomed')(Beat the Devil)(Brief Article)(Column)
Nation, The, July, 1995 by Cockburn, Alexander
And talking of FIJA, here's an apropos item from Fat Girl (a Zine for Fat Dykes and the Women Who Want Them):
California's 1st District Court of Appeal has upheld the Superior Court's decision to allow Alameda County Deputy District Attorney William Tingle to remove three jurors in an attempted murder case because one was "grossly overweight," one had braided hair, which he found "somewhat radical," and the third because of her "braids, obesity, size, and manner of dress." Tingle said he has "never liked young, obese black women, and I think they sense that." All three of the excused jurors are black, as is Tingle and the defendant in the case in question. According to California law, race is not a valid reason for dismissing a juror. Not so with fat: In 1989...
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