Manny prefaces his post "Are We Italian Americans or Americans" 
with the comment: "If we had a doubt what we are, or what we should call 
ourselves ... the court has settled that argument"

While that is Very "Unsettling" to me, I am More Concerned that the 
Prosecutor and Judge INFERS and INTIMATES  that Italian Americans are 
Pro Criminal, Pro Mob, and Pro Mafia, and therefore "unreliable" for Jury 
Duty.

Can someone advise Guiliani, Tonelli & Krase, that THIS is one of the BITTER 
FRUITS of  "The Sopranos".

Would it be permissible to "exclude" Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, or Jews off 
Juries in which members of their ethnicity/race were being tried?

This seems to be a clear violation of the 14th Amendment, "Equal Protection 
Clause", and should be challenged.

I await the comments of other Attorneys.  
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ITALIAN-AMERICANS KEPT OFF MOBSTER JURY

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal judge agreed with the state Supreme Court that
prosecutors did not discriminate against Italian-Americans by excluding six
of them from a reputed mobster's murder trial....