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Article: Excluding Blind People From Juries Unlawful; D.C. Superior Court to Comply With Ruling
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- The Washington Post
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- March 17, 1993
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The D.C. Superior Court has violated federal law by automatically
excluding blind people from jury service, a federal judge ruled
yesterday.
U.S. District Judge Joyce Hens Green ordered the Superior Court,
the local court for the District, to change its jury rules. Superior
Court executive officer Ulysses Hammond said late yesterday that the
court will comply with Green's ruling.
The case arose when Donald Galloway, 54, a D.C. government
employee, arrived at the courthouse at 8 a.m. on March 1, 1991, in
response to a jury duty summons. When Galloway attempted to register
for duty, a court official turned him away, explaining that blind
people cannot serve.
In her opinion, Green noted the ...