An array of well-known former prosecutors has joined forces to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to reaffirm its commitment to banning racial bias in jury selection.
“Nearly three decades after Batson v. Kentucky was decided, race discrimination persists in jury selection,” according to a brief filed on behalf of the prosecutors in Foster v. Chatman, a Georgia case set for argument in the fall. “When prosecutors discriminate in the selection of jurors, they violate the Constitution and abdicate their responsibility to the public.”
