California Supreme Court
Jun. 10, 2015
Death sentence affirmed, but state high court justices dispute jury selection standards
Despite a quarrel over the standard for detecting racial bias in jury selection, the state Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the death sentence of a black man who faced a jury from which two of three black candidates had been excluded.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Despite a pointed quarrel over the standard for detecting racial bias in jury selection,
the state Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the conviction and death sentence of a
black man who faced a jury from which two of three black candidates had been excluded.
The court used the appeal to define its approach to the volatile subject,...
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