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| Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Inmate Over Racist Juror Claim |
| By usnews.com- Lawrence Hurley |
| Published: 01/08/2018 |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a black Georgia inmate to challenge his 1991 death sentence for killing his sister-in-law after he argued the case was tainted by a racist white juror who questioned whether black people have souls. The justices, in a 6-3 unsigned decision, threw out a lower court's decision that had rejected his biased jury assertion. Keith Tharpe was found guilty and sentenced to death by a jury of 10 white people and two black people in Georgia's Jones County. The allegations of racial bias arose from an interview with one of the jurors years later, not comments made during the trial. Monday's ruling means the case will return to lower courts and gives Tharpe a chance to avoid execution. Read More. |
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