Facing mostly white juries, are Milwaukee County defendants of color truly judged by their peers?

It took prosecutors years to get Eric Bills into a courtroom to answer charges in the death of Jemell McMillan.

Bills was nowhere to be found after McMillan’s Sept. 29, 2016, execution-style shooting, but was arrested about three years after the killing.

The case was then beset by delays — some legal in nature, others tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.

So, when his trial finally got underway late last year, all the pieces seemed to be in place for Bills to have his day in court.

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