NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Curtis Flowers' Conviction and Institutes Protections Against Racial Bias in Jury Selection
June 21, 2019
June 21, 2019
NEW YORK, June 21 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release:
The U.S. Supreme Court today condemned racial discrimination in jury selection, reversing Curtis Flowers' 2010 conviction and death sentence because the prosecution was motivated by racial discrimination in striking a prospective Black juror from serving at Flowers' trial. The ruling comes in Flowers v. Mississippi, a case in which the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. ( . . .
The U.S. Supreme Court today condemned racial discrimination in jury selection, reversing Curtis Flowers' 2010 conviction and death sentence because the prosecution was motivated by racial discrimination in striking a prospective Black juror from serving at Flowers' trial. The ruling comes in Flowers v. Mississippi, a case in which the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. ( . . .