▁j ury ▁" ex cludes ▁black s ▁from ▁participation ▁since ▁it ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁vot er ▁registration ▁laws ", ▁the ▁case ▁should ▁be ▁dropped . ▁Judge ▁S ne pp ▁however ▁ref uted ▁that ▁point , ▁as ▁he ▁claimed ▁that ▁black s ▁could ▁register ▁to ▁vote ▁as ▁they ▁pleased . ▁The ▁defend ants ' ▁law y ers ▁saw ▁this ▁as ▁a ▁system atic ▁attempt ▁to ▁stop ▁black s ▁from ▁being ▁able ▁to ▁register ▁to ▁vote . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁black ▁vot ers ▁had ▁to ▁take ▁vot er ▁tests , ▁unlike ▁their ▁white ▁counter parts , ▁imp lying ▁an ▁unf air ▁situation . ▁Similarly , ▁the ▁pro sec utor ' s ▁office ▁decided ▁to ▁appoint ▁no ▁black ▁or ▁Jewish ▁jur ors , ▁with ▁a ▁near ▁de af ▁old ▁black ▁lady ▁as ▁the ▁l one ▁exception . ▁Since ▁the ▁defense ▁had ▁to ▁waste ▁all ▁their ▁challeng es ▁and ▁ob jections ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁leg ally ▁allowed ▁to ▁have ▁by ▁removing ▁clearly ▁in comp et ent ▁j ury ▁members , ▁they ▁were ▁left ▁at ▁a ▁considerable ▁dis adv antage ▁in ▁the ▁court room . ▁ ▁Re por ters ▁and ▁journal ists ▁question ed ▁the ▁evidence ▁and ▁work ings ▁of ▁the ▁case . ▁Even ▁though ▁the ▁white ▁pro sec utor ' s ▁office ▁did ▁follow ▁all ▁the ▁laws ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁do ▁anything ▁illegal , ▁" the ▁court ▁emp ane led ▁a ▁seriously ▁pre jud iced ▁j ury ▁of ▁white ▁Southern ▁Bapt ists ". ▁During ▁the ▁trial , ▁the ▁only ▁real ▁piece ▁of ▁evidence ▁other ▁than ▁the