The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reversed the conviction of a Georgia black man sentenced to die for the murder of a white retired schoolteacher, saying that “the focus on race in the prosecution’s file plainly demonstrates a concerted effort to keep black prospective jurors off the jury.”
In a 25-page opinion penned by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court ruled 7-1 to reverse and remand Georgia inmate Timothy Foster’s 1987 conviction. Justice Clarence Thomas was the sole dissenter.
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