Though there are guidelines for when a convicted criminal merits the death penalty (in states that still have capital punishment), ultimately, the jury makes the decision. A new study finds that the ...
Racial Bias Tainted Jury Selection and Death Sentence for a Black Man in North Carolina, Judge Says SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool ...
Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ruled on Friday, part of what he ...