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White female jurors. >> why was there not an african-american person on that jury? can you explain that? >> i can explain that the jurors got seated in the order in which they were questioned. we were attempting to exercise two pre-emptories. the court had us receipt two of the female jurors, which did not allow us to get to the back row. as you know, there were two african-american females that we kept on the jury that the defense struck, and they stated their cause on the record and the judge ...

Jurors and a hispanic. it makes perfect sense. >> why was there not an african-american person on that jury? i get that tweet all day long from people. can you explain that? >> i can explain that the jurors got seated in the order in which they were questioned. we were attempting to exercise two pre-emptories. the case law is very complicated by challenges. the court had us receipt two of the white female jurors, which did not allow us to get to the back row. as you know, there were two african-...