The selection practice in question wasn't designed to exclude black jurors. (legalblogwatch.typepad.com)
Cassandra Stubbs (Director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project): «The prosecutor's time after time after time was choosing white jurors and striking black jurors of color courts were routinely saying there was not proof enough of discrimination.» (businessinsider.com)
During contentious deliberations, the trial judge in U.S. v. Thomas dismissed Juror Number 5 — the only black juror in a trial of all black defendants — based on the belief that Juror Number 5 was engaging in jury nullification and would not convict the defendants under any circumstances. (fija.org)