Supreme Court overturns conviction of man tried six times for murder, citing racism in jury selection
Posted on AllSides June 21st, 2019
From The Left
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Mississippi prisoner tried six times for murder deserves a seventh chance because of a prosecutor's discrimination.
The decision in favor of death-row inmate Curtis Flowers reflected a consensus among both liberal and conservative justices that potential jurors cannot be struck based on their race.
That's what district attorney Doug Evans allegedly did in each of Flowers' six trials dating back two decades, the prisoner's lawyers argued. Evans eliminated 41 of 43 potential black jurors for whom he was allowed to issue peremptory strikes....
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