Far right racist tampering with juries.

[lisasanders1964]

Another one of trump's very fine people at their finest.

Hope all the black prisoners that were convicted because of this republicunt sue the fucking shit out of him and the Mississipi government.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...ries#read-more

[Evmetro]

Another one of trump's very fine people at their finest.

Hope all the black prisoners that were convicted because of this republicunt sue the fucking shit out of him and the Mississipi government.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...ries#read-more

What do you mean by "Trump's people"?

What is the specific evidence of racism?

[christiefan915]

What do you mean by "Trump's people"?

What is the specific evidence of racism?

Why were black people excluded from the jury as much as possible when the city is more than 50% black? He was using peremptory challenges and didn't need to give reasons for doing so.

"Flowers, a black man, was an employee at the furniture store where the murders took place. He had no criminal record, and there was no physical evidence tying him to the crime. No witnesses placed him at the scene. So it’s a wonder where Evans’ evidence came from. One thing that is known, however, is that as part of his trial strategy, Evans made sure that black prospective jurors were excluded as much as possible....

...Evans did all he could to strike black jurors and ran out of his peremptory challenges in both cases. The third conviction was also thrown out—this time with the state Supreme Court basing its dismissal on racial discrimination during jury selection. According to the court, Evans’ conduct was the strongest case “we have seen in the context of a Batson challenge.” The fourth trial deadlocked along racial lines, with five black jurors and seven white jurors, and was declared a mistrial. By that time, Evans had struck 36 black potential jurors in total..."

[Evmetro]

Why were black people excluded from the jury as much as possible when the city is more than 50% black? He was using peremptory challenges and didn't need to give reasons for doing so.

"Flowers, a black man, was an employee at the furniture store where the murders took place. He had no criminal record, and there was no physical evidence tying him to the crime. No witnesses placed him at the scene. So it’s a wonder where Evans’ evidence came from. One thing that is known, however, is that as part of his trial strategy, Evans made sure that black prospective jurors were excluded as much as possible....

...Evans did all he could to strike black jurors and ran out of his peremptory challenges in both cases. The third conviction was also thrown out—this time with the state Supreme Court basing its dismissal on racial discrimination during jury selection. According to the court, Evans’ conduct was the strongest case “we have seen in the context of a Batson challenge.” The fourth trial deadlocked along racial lines, with five black jurors and seven white jurors, and was declared a mistrial. By that time, Evans had struck 36 black potential jurors in total..."

I do not know why so many black perspective jurors were struck. I see no evidence that the reason was racism. It may have been racism, but it may have been something else. One could make an effort to eliminate a particular race, religion, or gender from a jury for other reasons besides racism or intolerance. I do not know enough about why the jurors were struck to determine if racism was in play.

[Tkaffen]

You are a head case.

There is nothing in the article that links Trump to this case. The murders were in 1996 and after many trials a conviction in 2010.

Crazy women you failed to mention the prosecutor involved was a good friend of the Clintons.
You also failed to mention that Obama looked at the case and failed to act saying “let him fry for what he did”.

[Tkaffen]

Don’t know that’s the state of Mississippi problem which they apparently corrected.
The federal government does not appoint state judges or prosecutors.
It appears a wrong was corrected.

[Tkaffen]

Good point
Attorneys look for jurors that will side with them.