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Supreme Court sides with death row inmate in racial discrimination case
CNN ^
| 5-23-16
| Ariane de Vogue
Posted on 05/23/2016 7:32:24 AM PDT by Dacula
The Supreme Court Monday morning ruled in favor of a death row inmate in a case concerning race discrimination in jury selection.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Georgia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; afroturf; antoninscalia; astroturf; blackkk; blackliesmatter; blacklivesmatter; court; death; election2016; georgia; newyork; redistribution; reparations; row; scalia; scotus; supreme; texas; trump; whiteprivilege
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posted on
05/23/2016 7:32:24 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: Dacula
Oh? Not enough killers and robbers on the jury panel; judged by his peers and all ....
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posted on
05/23/2016 7:33:41 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: Dacula
Since both the prosecution and defense get to exclude jurors, how is it possible that jurors of any color would not as Americans be capable of rendering a proper or fair verdict?
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posted on
05/23/2016 7:35:43 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Dacula
Sounds like the prosecutor was looking for whites...and put it writing.Two bad moves IMO.But,in future,if I ever find myself on trial (which would be for the first time),I’ll make sure to note if my jury is anything less than about 70% white.
To: Dacula
You can be damn sure that Johnnie Cochrane was looking for jurors “of color”.That's why he sought to have the trial moved from where it should have been held (mainly white) to a more “diverse” jurisdiction.
To: A CA Guy
Since both the prosecution and defense get to exclude jurors, how is it possible that jurors of any color would not as Americans be capable of rendering a proper or fair verdict? Or,to put it another way,why should either side be punished for wanting a jury that's most likely to serve *its* perceived interests?
To: Gay State Conservative
Because one side has the power and authority of the state behind it, and thus should be held to a higher standard.
Just my opinion.
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posted on
05/23/2016 7:58:11 AM PDT
by
RedStateRocker
(Better questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.)
To: Dacula
If you read the story, the Georgia prosecutors struck two black jurors, putting a “b” next to their names and highlighting them. The remaining jury were all whites.
The prosecution, honestly, was too blatant for the Supreme Court to rule otherwise and Clarence Thomas was the lone dissenter in a 7-1 ruling.
I’d have to agree with the defendant, this seems like a case where they intentionally struck out the jurors who were black. What’s shameful is that the Georgia courts couldn’t have overturned this before it ever got to SCOTUS.
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:04:58 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Join the Jihad! Al Qaeda Members For Hillary! Keep John F. Kerry Sec. of Appeasement)
To: Gay State Conservative
Or,to put it another way,why should either side be punished for wanting a jury that's most likely to serve *its* perceived interests?
Under the law, race is specifically prohibited from being used as a reason for a peremptory challenge to seating a juror. Of course, it happens all the time, but the prosecution is usually not so foolish as to list all the black potential jurors with a "b" in their notes, and subsequently challenge all of those potential jurors.
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:08:08 AM PDT
by
drjimmy
To: Gay State Conservative
More accusing whites of being racist. Of course the prosecution is looking for those it feels will side with them. That’s part of jury selection. On another note. How long has this case been going on? Why wasn’t he put to death already.
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:09:36 AM PDT
by
Carry me back
(Cut the feds by 90%)
To: Dacula
Batson has been precedent law for a long time. The prosecutors know this, or should know this. It’s either laziness or stupidity, take your pick.
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:12:05 AM PDT
by
afsnco
To: Dacula; Kaslin; Lurking Libertarian; Perdogg; JDW11235; Clairity; Spacetrucker; Art in Idaho; ...
7-1, Thomas dissenting. Majority opinion by Roberts.
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posted on
05/23/2016 9:41:04 AM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: A CA Guy
If the pool provides only white people f'rinstance ... you caN refuse 'til the cows come home ... yer gettin' a white jury
my guess without reading the article
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posted on
05/23/2016 10:10:52 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true)
To: Dacula
Certainly mistakes were made. But what is a prosecutor to do when it is a known fact that too many blacks will side with criminals when the criminal is black? (even if the person they killed was black)
Black people need to seriously clean up their culture, just like Muslims.
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posted on
05/24/2016 6:58:43 AM PDT
by
Cubs Fan
(Liberals/Leftists are Free Speechophobes)
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