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Supreme Court Tosses Out Louisiana Murder Conviction Due to Racial Bias in Jury Selection

By jonathanturley

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The Supreme Court overwhelmingly threw out the murder conviction of Allen Synder due to race-based challenges in a case marred by prosecutorial abuse by Jim Williams and the failure of Judge Kernan “Skip” Hand to maintain a fair trial. The 7-2 decision was written by Associate Justice Sam Alito, who is generally viewed as one of [...]

Full post as published by Res ipsa loquitur on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).

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