The ruling arose from a decision by Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Olu Stevens to dismiss a nearly all-white jury panel in a 2014 case involving a black defendant. When prosecutors in …

In 1952, this all-white, all-male jury convicted Walter Lee Irvin, an innocent Black man, of the kidnapping and rape of a Florida woman. Mr. Irvin and three other innocent Black men who …

Apr 17, 2012 · Juries formed from all-white jury pools in Florida convicted black defendants 16 percent more often than white defendants, a gap that was nearly eliminated when at least one …

The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides the right to an impartial jury in criminal prosecutions, but what constitutes impartiality? The Supreme Court has held that the jury must …

Jun 30, 2010 · The U.S. Supreme Court finally barred prosecutors from blatantly biased jury selection practices in its 1986 Batson ruling. However, “illegal racial discrimination in jury …

In the present research, we investigated the effects of jury racial composition (all White vs. racially mixed) on mock jury deliberations, expecting that interracial juries will trigger social anxiety, …

Sep 25, 2015 · It was 60 years ago this week that an all-white jury acquitted two white men in the murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy visiting Mississippi from Chicago.

Oct 30, 2015 · On Monday, the Supreme Court will face one facet of that system: juror selection. Prosecutors frequently strike black jurors—especially when the defendant is black, and …

The All White Jury by Shirley Baccus-Lobel The all-male, all-white jury has been on the road to extinction for a long time. More than a century before Batson v. Ken? tucky, 476 U.S. 79, was …

Nov 5, 2021 · After summonses went out to 1,000 people and attorneys questioned potential jurors for more than two weeks, a panel has finally been selected in the trial of the three men …