Obit: ‘D.C. Lawyer Fought Exclusion of the Blind on Juries’
January 28th, 2009From the Washington Post:
Paul E. Kay, 71, a lawyer who fought against the exclusion of blind people on D.C. Superior Court juries, died this month after a heart attack.
Mr. Kay was rejected as a juror because of his blindness in 1991 and 1993, even though he represented clients in the same court. The experience prompted him to persuade D.C. council member Jim Nathanson to introduce a bill prohibiting the court from automatically barring blind people from jury duty.
The bill subsequently passed, but not before a federal court ordered the D.C. Superior Court to change its rules in response to a separate lawsuit.

