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The Palm Beach Post's analysis compared two groups
of people called for jury duty:
A "voters group'' made up of 480 people who
answered a jury summons last year, when jury pools were selected from
voter registration records.
A "drivers group'' made up of 481 people who
answered a summons after Feb. 17 of this year, when pools were drawn
from driver license records.
To form each group:
The Post asked court officials to randomly select
pools of jury candidates. Pools vary in size, which is why the number
of jurors in each group is not identical.
A computer database was assembled with this
information for each jury candidate:
Criminal history - arrests and convictions in Palm
Beach County after 1978; drunk driving arrests and convictions are
after 1988. (Non-DUI traffic citations and criminal records from
outside the county were not included.)
Race, sex and age.
Median income and education levels from the U.S.
Census Bureau for neighborhoods where jury candidates live.
The Post also compared:
Voters to non-voters within the "drivers group.''
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