A jury hearing the case of a Pulaski County public defender suing the Arkansas Public Defender Commission over a pay disparity she said is racially motivated deadlocked after nearly 15 hours of deliberations over two days and a mistrial was declared less than an hour after it was told by the judge to make one more effort to reach a consensus.
A jury hearing the case of a Pulaski County public defender suing the Arkansas Public Defender Commission over a pay disparity she said is racially motivated deadlocked after nearly 15 hours of deliberations over two days and a mistrial was declared less than an hour after it was told by the judge to make one more effort to reach a consensus.
Jurors hearing the civil trial of a Black public defender suing her employer, the Arkansas Public Defender Commission, over allegations of racial discrimination resulting in a disparity in salary between herself and white public defenders with less experience, heard from the plaintiff on Thursday, the third day of testimony.
Jurors hearing the civil trial of a Black public defender suing her employer, the Arkansas Public Defender Commission, over allegations of racial discrimination resulting in a disparity in salary between herself and white public defenders with less experience, heard from the plaintiff on Thursday, the third day of testimony.
Jurors hearing a case filed against the Arkansas Public Defender Commission by a Black attorney employed by the commission over what she has alleged is a racially motivated pay disparity sat through a second day of testimony Wednesday.