This article is from yesterday. The juror seated was white.
Of the 14 jurors seated so far, eight are white, four are Black and two are multiracial, according to the court. Nine are women and five are men, and they range in age from their 20s to their 60s
Sauce: https://www.courttv.com/news/end-of-jury-selection-near-for-ex-cops-trial-in-floyd-death/
Do they typically seat more that 14? I had to serve last year in Detroit and they only sat 14 of us then. Two will be released after the case is heard but before the deliberation begins.
I am not sure. Maybe it’s a Minnesota thing.
They could be alternates.
I was on an attempted murder trial in L.A. a few years ago. 14 jurors. In deliberations there was one hold out woman for a guilty verdict so the foreman went to the judge and she was replaced with an alternate after 3 days of deliberations. Not guilty by reason of D.A. being a moron.
We donit too. The two extras are backups.