Racial Bias in the Courts: 1986 Supreme Court Ruling Still Not Erased from Jury Selection Today
RALEIGH, N.C. – In 1986, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Batson v. Kentucky declared that racially discriminating against potential jurors violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Since then, North Carolina courts have rarely overturned sentencing decisions based on juror selection, even if a juror was excluded based on … Read more