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Additioinal News Coverage of Snyder v. Louisiana

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In addition to news coverage linked at this post yesterday, additional coverage is below.  The SCOTUS wiki page is here, and the opinion is here.  More on Batson v. Kentucky, via Oyez, is here. Linda Greenhouse reports, "Court Details Opposition to Bias in Jury Selection," in the New York Times.The Supreme Court, ruling that a Louisiana prosecutor had used improper tactics to pick an all-white jury for a black defendant?s murder trial, on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a man who has been on death row for 12 years. The vote was 7 to 2, with Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia dissenting. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote the opinion. It was the second time since he joined the court more than two years ago that Justice Alito voted for the defendant in a criminal case in which the court was divided...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).