Defendant offers race-neutral reasons to use three of his peremptory strikes to remove three white jurors from the jury pool.
Trial judge (who is black) works way too hard to seat the three white jurors.
Trial judge (who is black) works way too hard to seat the three white jurors.
MS Court of Appeals decides to let the trial judge redecorate her reasoning for seating the three white jurors. 🤦♂️
Judge Westbrooks, joined in part by Judges McDonald and McCarty, would remand for a new trial.
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Judge Westbrooks, joined in part by Judges McDonald and McCarty, would remand for a new trial.
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As I keep saying, once Biden nominates his US attorneys for Mississippi, DOJ should simply sue Mississippi for race discrimination in jury selection, arguing that Mississippi has abused the peremptory-challenge system too much.
Peremptory challenges should be eliminated in criminal trials in Mississippi altogether.
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