A New Jersey appeals court has ordered a new trial for a man serving a 67-year sentence for murdering one person and wounding two others, finding that the trial judge failed to thoroughly analyze the defendant’s claims that the prosecutor improperly excused African-Americans from the jury.
The three-judge Appellate Division panel said in State v. Thompson that so much time—seven years—had passed since defendant Saladin Thompson’s initial trial, it would not be useful to remand the case to address his allegations of discrimination in the jury selection process.
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