LDF Delivers Oral Argument Before Ohio Supreme Court in Death Penalty Case
February 19, 2019
February 19, 2019
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release:
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Senior Counsel Alexis Hoag argued today before the Ohio Supreme Court that Glen Bates' trial counsel failed to protect his constitutional right to an impartial jury by allowing an individual who expressed unequivocal racial bias against Black people to serve on the jury that convicted and sentenced Mr. Bates to death. In February 2 . . .
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Senior Counsel Alexis Hoag argued today before the Ohio Supreme Court that Glen Bates' trial counsel failed to protect his constitutional right to an impartial jury by allowing an individual who expressed unequivocal racial bias against Black people to serve on the jury that convicted and sentenced Mr. Bates to death. In February 2 . . .