In the Interest of Fairness and Accuracy--a Retraction

 Our March 17^th post stated “With the jury having an average age of 21…, maximum education of an associate’s degree, and less than half Caucasian, both sides are playing to their most important audience.” The information about jury education came from a court observer who covered the trial in the first week, and I used it without verifying that it was correct. The statement was repeated on our Colorado Matters interview on March 24^th. We have since received several comments indicating that at least one juror has a bachelor’s degree.

In fact, we have no official information about the personal details of the jury--not their ages, educational backgrounds or ethnicity. In the interest of fairness and accuracy that are the themes of this trial, we therefore retract the March 17^th written and March 24^th verbal statements, and apologize for any assumptions the statements prompted. This blog’s position is that the jurors seem to be doing a great job keeping track of the complex minutiae presented as evidence, and are asking perceptive, relevant questions.

Comments

[kerry]

Pre-emptive move to avoid charges of falsification and fabrication??:)