Comments on: San Mateo top prosecutor guilty of stealth racial bias in jury selection http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/san-mateo-top-prosecutor-guilty-of-stealth-racial-bias-in-jury-selection/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:02:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Hal Wulff http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/san-mateo-top-prosecutor-guilty-of-stealth-racial-bias-in-jury-selection/comment-page-1/#comment-5633 Hal Wulff Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:45:04 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=8107#comment-5633 It is a shame that Steve Wagstaff is being allowed to continue merrily along unquestioned in the media with his blatant inveterate ineptitude. It is a shame that Steve Wagstaff is being allowed to continue merrily along unquestioned in the media with his blatant inveterate ineptitude.

]]> By: Michael G. Stogner http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/san-mateo-top-prosecutor-guilty-of-stealth-racial-bias-in-jury-selection/comment-page-1/#comment-4852 Michael G. Stogner Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:04:41 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=8107#comment-4852 This is not the first time for Steve Wagstaffe. He personally contacted America's Most Wanted to report a Black man had failed to appear in our Drug Court. AMW did a show starring Steve Wagstaffe about Victor Willis. Willis sued AMW and they removed the video from their site. He was a failure to appear thats all. What was Wagstaffe thinking? This is not the first time for Steve Wagstaffe. He personally contacted America’s Most Wanted to report a Black man had failed to appear in our Drug Court. AMW did a show starring Steve Wagstaffe about Victor Willis. Willis sued AMW and they removed the video from their site. He was a failure to appear thats all. What was Wagstaffe thinking?

]]> By: junya http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/san-mateo-top-prosecutor-guilty-of-stealth-racial-bias-in-jury-selection/comment-page-1/#comment-4454 junya Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:44:13 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=8107#comment-4454 The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals slammed the door on Wagstaffe and the California Atorney General's office that is supporting him: on October 23 it refused to reconsider the ruling. So it looks like state courts now have no choice but to learn to somehow retool their racial jury-rigging to pass the new federal test: comparative juror analysis. Meanwhile, for the majority of cases with little chance of reaching federal appeal, this ruling need not trouble prosecutors like Wagstaffe, as they can continue to rely on district and state judges to rubber-stamp their most dubious claims. But in the Alvarez case, a death-penalty trial (that by law requires automatic review by the California Supreme Court - and will almost certainly be appealed to the US Supreme Court), Wagstaffe appears to have carefully selected a jury balanced in age, gender, and ethnicity. And with two African-Americans. The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals slammed the door on Wagstaffe and the California Atorney General’s office that is supporting him: on October 23 it refused to reconsider the ruling. So it looks like state courts now have no choice but to learn to somehow retool their racial jury-rigging to pass the new federal test: comparative juror analysis.

Meanwhile, for the majority of cases with little chance of reaching federal appeal, this ruling need not trouble prosecutors like Wagstaffe, as they can continue to rely on district and state judges to rubber-stamp their most dubious claims. But in the Alvarez case, a death-penalty trial (that by law requires automatic review by the California Supreme Court – and will almost certainly be appealed to the US Supreme Court), Wagstaffe appears to have carefully selected a jury balanced in age, gender, and ethnicity. And with two African-Americans.

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