Saturday, November 23, 2019

Prosecutor sued for alleged pattern of racial discrimination in jury selection

A Mississippi district attorney who prosecuted a black man six times for the same crime is facing a class action lawsuit that claims he has carried out a 27-year-old pattern of racial discrimination in the jury selection process by excluding black citizens from serving as jurors.

Courthouse news has the full story here.  The ABA Journal has more here.

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