Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who was sentenced to death in 2009.
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Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
SMITHFIELD, N.C. — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ruled on ...
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New York Judge Resigns After Shocking Admission While Trying to Get Out of Jury Duty: ‘Everyone in My Court Is Guilty!’
An upstate New York judge has stepped down from his post after he attempted to bypass jury duty by admitting he could not remain impartial because he ...
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New York judge resigns after saying he can't be on a jury since he thinks all defendants are guilty
According to court transcripts, Snyder tried to avoid serving on a jury in 2023 by first identifying himself as a judge and then saying, ''I know everybody come in front of me. I know they are guilty.
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NC judge's ruling opens door for death row prisoners to challenge cases due to racial bias
The judge says race influenced Bacote's case by the racial makeup of his jury and the decision to give a Black man a life sentence. In 2024, the court heard nearly two weeks of evidence from ...
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Judge Ducks Jury Duty By Explaining That “Everybody” Who Comes Before Him Is “Guilty”
And on October 18, 2023, the judge dismissed Snyder from a special grand jury empanelment after he said he believed people “would not be in front of” the court unless they were “guilty.” Snyder ...
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‘It Is Astounding’: New York Judge Off the Bench After Claiming ‘Everyone Is Guilty’ In Elaborate Scheme to Avoid Jury Duty
An upstate New York judge has stepped down from his post after he attempted to bypass jury duty by admitting he could not remain impartial because he believed all people who end up in court to ...