A landmark case exposes rampant racial bias in the death penalty.

September 4, 2019 GlenAnderson Criminal Justice (Also see Death Penalty), Death Penalty (Also see Criminal Justice), Governmental Abuses, Human Rights, Judicial and Constitutional, Our Current Political Crisis (in addition to Trump and Trumpism), Race 0

North Carolina briefly had the “Racial Justice Act” as part of its law, but the Legislature repealed it, and racial bias is rampant again. Racial bias in jury selection, for example, is rampant.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/24/landmark-us-case-to-expose-rampant-racial-bias-behind-the-death-penalty

 

MORE INFORMATION about North Carolina’s “Racial Justice Act” — 6 death penalty cases are being appealed now.

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https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-to-argue-death-penalty-cases-before-north-carolina-supreme-court?track=DE20H30&utm_source=1908supporterupdate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fy20supporterupdate