Supreme Court Strikes Blow Against Racism in Criminal Sentencing
February 22, 2017
February 22, 2017
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Constitutional Accountability Center issued the following news release:
This morning, in the case of Buck v. Davis, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed that Duane Buck's criminal sentencing was affected by the ineffective assistance of counsel - after his lawyer called an expert witness to testify on his behalf who nonetheless endorsed "a powerful racial stereotype" about African American men and violence in front of Buck's jury, claiming that Buck w . . .
This morning, in the case of Buck v. Davis, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed that Duane Buck's criminal sentencing was affected by the ineffective assistance of counsel - after his lawyer called an expert witness to testify on his behalf who nonetheless endorsed "a powerful racial stereotype" about African American men and violence in front of Buck's jury, claiming that Buck w . . .