You misunderstand. These six people absolutely could, and indeed might, vote guilty — it’s a close case — but if they do so I’m fairly comfortable that it’ll be only after they’ve actually put the government to its burden and made it do its job, rather than because they’re scared and have been suckered into thinking that the government is there to protect them, and is therefore most always right. In other words, if they convict, I’ll be reasonably certain that they’ve fulfilled their oaths as jurors.

Historically, the criminal justice system has been extremely unfair and unkind (to put it mildly) to African-Americans. If you don’t agree with that principle, you clearly live in a cave and aren’t familiar with American History.

So these folks aren’t likely to cut the Harris County DA’s Office any slack. Which is exactly why a jury of this composition looks better to me than it should to a prosecutor.