A jury has been seated in the retrial of suspended DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis, who’s accused of using his office to shake down county contractors for campaign donations.
Attorneys selected six men and six women to sit on the jury. Seven of them are African-American, while the remaining five are white. Four alternates were also chosen, all of whom are women.
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