Posted on 10/11/2022 9:54:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal from a Texas death row inmate who claimed his case was not fairly decided because some members of the all-white jury were opposed to interracial marriage.
In an unsigned order, the high court denied the appeal by Andre Thomas, a black inmate who was convicted and sentenced to death in 2005 by a jury in Sherman, Texas, over the murder of his wife, who was white, their biracial son, and her daughter from a different relationship.
Three members of the all-white jury that convicted Thomas had previously expressed opposition to interracial marriage, according to his newest slate of attorneys. However, Thomas's original attorneys had argued he was not guilty by reason of insanity. Texas held that the defendant's condition was "voluntary" due to a prior history of drug abuse.
His previous attorneys also did not seek to remove the apparently biased jurors at the time, as is permitted under court rules.
In a 12-page dissent, the court's three Democratic-appointed Justices Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor contended that the "errors in this case render Thomas’ death sentence not only unreliable, but unconstitutional."
"As a result, Thomas was convicted and sentenced to death by a jury that included three jurors who expressed bias against him," the liberal minority bloc wrote.
The high court's denial leaves in place a lower appeals court judgment and maintains Thomas's death sentence. He presently does not have an execution date.
Figures from those three….
….good call from the others though
The lawyers chose to keep the jury with these people to get the conviction overturned.
Now, it looks great to see he’s on a trip to the electric chair.
Heh. The guy doesn’t understand jury nullification. If you are on a jury you never need share WHY you made the decision you did. And only jury members out and out saying, in interviews, that they found against him because they are racist against his race is the only thing that could remotely cause anyone to reverse their decision.
Dissent issued by two minorities and a dyke.
Women suck at running things and decision making skills.
“As a result, Thomas was convicted and sentenced to death by a jury that included three jurors who expressed bias against him,”
The Supreme Commies Haz The Sadz.
Why isn’t black animus toward whites ever effectively alleged in jury selections? It’s far more prevalent.
“errors in this case render Thomas’ death sentence not only unreliable, but unconstitutional.”
So are they saying that the determination should be changed, not reversed? They are admitting that he did it with this remark so no matter what, they are irrigating the insanity plea by choosing to challenge three members of the jury they already accepted to use for another purpose that failed. Is it Monday morning yet?
wy69
And far more overtly outspoken.
I agree. “Racial bias” is superfluous here. Take away all knowledge of the “races” of the killer and his victims, and look only at the evidence. What honest person can conclude that racial bias was required for a guilty verdict and the death penalty in this case?
Blacks can’t be racists.......................😒
Just because a juror does not agree with interracial marriage does not mean that they would convict someone of murder without good evidence. Two totally different things.
His Race Card was CANCELLED.................
All of them should be cancelled.
All the shit they have received for 50 years is enough.
You know what jury was racist? The O.J. jury.
If the jurors admitted out front their opinion then it’s far less a problem than jurors who hide it.
Regardless this POS murdered his wife and child and stepchild. Eff him.
OUR LOCAL SERIAL KILLER HAS BEEN ON DEATH ROW SINCE 1988 WHEN HE WAS 21..............
https://news.yahoo.com/serial-killer-frank-walls-ruled-120221888.html
He killed people, total strangers, from when he was 14 or 15.....................
Before his execution, they need to make sure he is vaccinated.
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