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.
They can put it in the same needle.
Kill two birds with one shot.....................
But ok to have DC courts packed with Dems who openly hate Rep on juries?
Totally.......................
Dennis Miller had a good line about those claiming not guilty by reason of insanity.
He said “Insane? Ok, so we’ll fry you in a clown suit.”
This guy truly is insane. One of my co-workers at a former job lived next to him and his roommate. They had some kind of argument and the next day he found a rattlesnake in his mailbox.....................
Comedian Jeff Wayne had a good line about those claiming multiple personalities. He said something along the lines of, “So he has 130 personalities, then we will hang the MFer 130 times! Have him talk it over amongst himself; somebodies A$$ is going out today!”
I'd consider it a favor. Rattlesnake is damned good eatin'.
They should have picked me. I have a strong bias against ALL marriage, interracial or not.
JUST SAY NO TO WEDDINGS!
ya too bad we dont have more jurors like that in this era...
that is true for 95% of the cases blacks cry racism on!!
Hang um High!!
Thant’s a solid stance. :)
Whoa dude...my wife would highly disagree........but she would just smile and go on her way.
N=1 is meaningless.
The 19th Amendment is the second worst mistake America ever made. (Slavery #1)
Wrong as always, its clear you hate women.. lol ..every thread you post the 19th Amendment drivel.. . its the 17th Amendment that has to go!
I don’t hate women, they just shouldn’t be able to vote.
And LOLing at your own posts is truly stupid.
Even racists have civic duties, which include serving jury duty. If the verdict turns against you and you think racism was behind it, you should go for incompetent counsel because it was the job of your shyster to get the (allegedly) racist juror disqualified “for cause.” I know of no blanket legal premise that prevents racists from serving on a jury.
Lol.. you truly are an angry sot. Cheers
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