In a 7-1 decision the supreme court threw out the death penalty assigned to Timothy Tyrone Foster by an all white jury. After the initial decision accusations spread saying that the prosecution worked to get an all white jury specifically targeting race in jury appointment for a specific outcome. This angered many bringing it to the supreme court where it was easily denied in a 7-1 vote. Interestingly enough the one judge against it was clarence thomas the one african american on the court. He is against reversing the decision despite the fact it breaks a 1986 law.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/supreme-court-throws-out-death-sentence-handed-to-black-man-from-all-white-jury/
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