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CORDIAL, RIGHT?
>> BREAKING NEWS, A JURY HAS
BEEN SELECTED JUST A COUPLE OF
MINUTES AGO IN THIS CASE.
OPENING STATEMENTS TOMORROW.
LET'S GO STRAIGHT OUT TO LESLIE
WITH WAWS IN JACKSONVILLE.
TELL US ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE
JURY THAT HAS BEEN SELECTED.
>> A JURY OF 16 PEOPLE TOTAL.
THERE ARE 12 JURORS AND 4
ALTERNATES.
10 OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE WOMEN, 6
ARE MEN, 5 OF THEM ARE
MINORITIES.
WE HAVE AFRICAN-AMERICANS, ONE
ASIAN, ONE INDIAN AND ONE
HISPANIC PERSON.
>> SO FROM YOUR SENSE OF IT,
COVERING IT THERE, WHAT IS THE
MOOD THERE?
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING
OUT OF OUR WAY OURSELVES, WE'RE
NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS A RACIAL
CASE, IF IT'S NOT.
IT'S THE COMMENTS OF THE
DEFENDANT HIMSELF FROM JAIL THAT
HAVE BEEN RACIALLY CHARGED,
RACIALLY OFFENSIVE.
WHAT IS THE MOOD THERE IN
RACIAL COMPONENT OF THIS TRIAL,
LESLIE?
>> THE MOOD HERE IN JACKSONVILLE
IS THAT THIS IS REALLY NOT A
RACIAL CASE, IT'S MORE OF A --
IT'S MORE JUST THE FACT THAT
THIS MANSA K IS ACCUSED OF SHOO