NAACP: North Carolina Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision on Racial Discrimination in Death Penalty Cases
June 09, 2020
June 09, 2020
NEW YORK, June 9 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release:
Yesterday, North Carolina's Supreme Court issued a decision in State v. Burke, ruling that Rayford Burke, a Black man sentenced to death by an all-white jury, may challenge his death sentence under North Carolina's Racial Justice Act (RJA) with substantial claims that race was a significant factor during the selection of his capital jury. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, . . .
Yesterday, North Carolina's Supreme Court issued a decision in State v. Burke, ruling that Rayford Burke, a Black man sentenced to death by an all-white jury, may challenge his death sentence under North Carolina's Racial Justice Act (RJA) with substantial claims that race was a significant factor during the selection of his capital jury. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, . . .