Supreme Court appears ready to find racial bias a factor in Mississippi murder case
by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
Mar 20, 2019
2 minutes
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday sounded ready to overturn a Mississippi murder conviction based on racial bias during jury selection.
It marked the latest chapter in an extraordinary case involving a small-town white prosecutor who had repeatedly excluded or restricted black jurors from serving on six separate trials of
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