Big Hog Balls Trial

The entertainment was getting out of hand even before the jury was selected, so the judge slapped a gag order on everyone:

• After hearing from Henderson, Zagel acknowledged it was rare to have a panel without a black male, but he also said there are potential legal problems with dismissing a properly-selected random panel.
  
  Zagel declined the defense request and instead instructed both prosecutors and defense attorneys to confer with the U.S. Clerk’s office for the Northern District of Illinois to ensure the selection process used to put together the larger panel was done according to established protocols.
  
  In the meantime, he continued to question jurors from the panel of 50 in order to select 12 who will sit for trial. At the end of Tuesday, he had questioned 24, and selection was scheduled to continue Wednesday.
  
  Outside court, Beavers’ attorneys called the process “rigged” and said they had no confidence that checking with the clerk’s office would make a difference.
  
  “I’ve been trying cases down here 52 years. I have never seen a case where I represented a black (male) defendant and they sent out 50 jurors, 50! 50 jurors! And not one single black man,” said a highly agitated Sam Adam Sr. “Now don’t tell me that was an accident.”

No Sam, it's a mathematical possibility, though we highly doubt you ever took and passed a course in statistics.  Occasionally, the kicker misses the extra point.  Sometimes the Double-zero pops up in Roulette.  Sometimes, on the 7th day of the 7th month, the #7 horse in the 7th race at Arlington wins.  Sometimes he comes in last though.  It's rare, but it happens, and there's ol' Sam playing the tired ol' saw of "racism racism racism."

In any event, this should be an entertaining trial if Beavers actually takes the stand like he's threatening to.