Week after week, the stalled courtroom clock in New Haven symbolized the jury selection in the kidnap-murder trial of Black Panther Chairman Bobby Seale and Mrs. Erika Huggins. In all, 1,550 persons were called and 1,035 prospective jurors actually questioned. Last week, after four months, the fatiguing process ended when two alternates (one black, one white) joined five blacks and seven whites in one of the most painfully culled panels in U.S. history.
The defendants are being tried on charges stemming from the slaying of Alex Rackley, a fellow Panther and alleged police informer. Like many defense lawyers, Seale's attorney, Charles Garry,...
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