Law Practice
Sep. 13, 2006
DA's Bias Causes U.S. Panel to Toss Two Murder Convictions
A Humboldt County prosecutor's racial prejudice led him to exclude three Native Americans from a jury, flawing a trial and forcing reversal of a couple's convictions in a murder-for-hire case, a splintered federal appellate court held Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Humboldt County prosecutor's racial prejudice led him to exclude three Native Americans from a jury, flawing a trial and forcing reversal of a couple's convictions in a murder-for-hire case, a splintered federal appellate court held Monday.
The 6-5 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, overrules a 2-1 ...
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