Colette Bordelon is a reporter with Denver7.
AURORA, Colo. — Information from an undercover Aurora police officer led to the removal of a potential juror of color for the first trial related to Elijah McClain's death, court documents obtained by Colorado Public Radio show.
Sherry wanted to learn why a prospective juror was removed moments before the jury was officially sat. She requested the official transcripts from the proceedings regarding the potential juror and obtained them after they were unsealed. “ did this during the jury selection. So, that's an odd time at a courthouse. There's hundreds and hundreds of people milling around, but most of them are just answering summons in the mail. They don't know anything about the case. I mean, by default, a jury is supposed to be pretty clueless about the case," said Sherry. “There weren't demonstrators. I didn't observe any, you know, protesters or anything like that. Now, the verdicts were a little bit different.
The officer testified about what she overheard behind closed doors, according to Sherry. The prospective juror testified, as well. “It was a time when there was a lot of concern that the jury and the jury panel was, appeared to be, mostly white in a trial that, you know, where there were racial tensions coursing throughout," said Sherry.
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