Civil Rights,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jun. 22, 2020
9th Circuit considers possible race bias in jury selection
Court filings show the prosecution said it was striking the three jurors because they expressed extreme anti-prosecution and anti-death penalty feelings, as well as anti-police bias, but the defendant’s appellate counsel said discrimination was an obvious inference.
Did the California Supreme Court unreasonably fail to find race discrimination in a death penalty case where the only three black prospective jurors were struck?
Elizabeth A. Dorsi of Farella Braun & Martel LLP argued Friday before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the high court should have granted her client's Batson/Wheeler claims and not relied without question on the prosecutor's reasoning for striking those jurors be...
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