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This week the United States Supreme Court accepted for consideration the case of Foster v. Humphrey, regarding Georgia prosecutors» use of peremptory challenges to strike every black juror in the jury pool in the defendant's case.

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.

Not exact matches

The findings of the investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office of the fatal Troy police shooting of a 37 - year - old black man could undermine jurors» confidence in officers testifying in future cases, defense lawyers said.

TROY — The findings of the investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office of the fatal Troy police shooting of a 37 - year - old black man could undermine jurors» confidence in officers testifying in future cases, defense lawyers said.

Cole shared in - depth details about his O.J. Simpson juror research and was open to discussing his approach to Black Panther.

Colorful, not only because the original film was in black and white, but also because of the inclusion of jurors covering a much wider range of ethnic diversity.

This deeply exploitive moment is used as proof that there can be no justice for a black person in the South because it's suggested that the horrific images Jake conjures for his soapbox would be ineffectual unless the white jurors were to imagine a white victim.

According to the Post story, back in the spring, D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz sent back a pool of 70 prospective jurors because the racial composition of the group — 61 whites, eight blacks and one Asian — didn't align with the racial and economic population within the District.

The decision overturned a Michigan murder conviction because the state court selected jurors in a way that disproportionately and systematically excluded blacks.

The selection practice in question wasn't designed to exclude black jurors.

Earlier this year, Ed Forchion was interviewed on Black Talk Radio regarding jury nullification and the importance of fully informed jurors in opposing racist laws and prosecutions.

During the criminal trial in a Kentucky state court of petitioner, a black man, the judge conducted voir dire examination of the jury venire and excused certain jurors for cause.

[p97] For example, a «pattern» of strikes against black jurors included in the particular venire might give rise to an inference of discrimination.

We have confidence that trial judges, experienced in supervising voir dire, will be able to decide if the circumstances concerning the prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges creates a prima facie case of discrimination against black jurors.

And because the case - specific use of peremptory challenges by the State does not deny blacks the right to serve as jurors in cases involving nonblack defendants, it harms neither the excluded jurors nor the remainder of the community.

The reality of practice, amply reflected in many state and federal court opinions, shows that the challenge may be, and unfortunately at times has been, used to discriminate against black jurors.

The Court now rules that such use of peremptory challenges in a given case may, but does not necessarily, raise an inference, which the prosecutor carries the burden of refuting, [p101] that his strikes were based on the belief that no black citizen could be a satisfactory juror or fairly try a black defendant.

In a Toronto jury selection pool of 119 people on Wednesday, reporters counted only three Black prospective jurors.

«In the entire room of several hundred jurors, I think I saw maybe half a dozen Black people.