Supreme Court appears ready to find racial bias a factor in Mississippi murder case - News Summed Up

Supreme Court appears ready to find racial bias a factor in Mississippi murder case


“The history is relevant. It is a history of a desire for an all-white jury,” she said. In the sixth trial, like those before, the prosecutor took a different approach with whites and blacks, she said. He peppered potential black jurors with numerous questions in an effort to find a nonracial reason to exclude them, but accepted potential white jurors after only asking a question or two, she said.


Source: Los Angeles Times March 20, 2019 17:03 UTC



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