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5 Tex. Hisp. J.L. & Pol'y 7 (2001)
Critical Evaluations of Hispanic Participation on the Grand Jury: Key-Man Selection, Jurymandering Language, and Representative Quotas

handle is hein.journals/thlp5 and id is 11 raw text is: CRITICAL EVALUATIONS OF HISPANIC PARTICIPATION ON THE GRAND JURY: KEY-MAN SELECTION, JURYMANDERING, LANGUAGE, AND REPRESENTATIVE QUOTAS HIROSHI FUKUR.m SUMMARY I. ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................. 8 II. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 8 III. RACIAL MINORITIES, GRAND JURIES, AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE ...................................... 10 IV. GRAND JURY SELECTION PROCEDURES .............................................................................. 14 A. Legal Requirements in California ............................................................................... 16 B. Grand Jury Selection in Santa Cruz County ................................................................. 17 V. HYPOTHESES ........................................................................................................................... 19 VI. RESEARCH DESIGN ................................................................................................................. 21 A. Sample ............................................................................................................................. 21 B. Method ............................................................................................................................ 24 VII. RESULT ................................................................................................................................... 25 A. Hispanic Unden'epresentation in Grand Jury Service: 1977 to 1992 ....................... 25 B. Grand Jury Selection of Hispanic Jurors: 1991 to 1992 ............................................ 26 1. Geographic Disparity ............................................................................................ 28 VIII. DISCUSSION ............................................................................................................................ 32 IX. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................... 38 Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz. This paper was m2,d.. possible by the Committee for Research grant from the Social Science Division at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The author also wishes to thank Professor John . Kitsuse at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who read an early draft and made valuable suggestions. The appreciation is also extended to Santa Cruz Public Defender Tom Wallraff and his assistant attorney Lisa Wochos, who helped obtain information on Hispanic representation in the grand jury master lists. 7

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