US Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence Due to Racial Bias
The Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors in Georgia violated the Constitution by striking every black prospective juror in a death penalty case against a black defendant. The vote was 7 to 1, with Justice Clarence Thomas dissenting. Almost three decades after Timothy Tyrone Foster was convicted as a teenager, his lawyers were able to obtain prosecutor …
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