Batson

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Discourse.net: Should Prosecutors Hire Jury Consultants? 2009

Much has been said in recent days, and rightly so, about how the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in its March 27 decision to deny Mumia Abu-Jamal a new trial or at least a hearing on the so-called Batson issue – prosecutorial racism in jury selection – once more created a new “Mumia law” in demanding that the defense objects to such racism already at the time of the trial.

The Injustice of Mumia Abu-Jamal's Batson ruling 2008

Eugene Cappel, on the other hand, called Batson's plot to murder him and his brother a

South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - News 2010

However, on the issue of racist jury selection, also known as the Batson claim, the three judge panel of split 2-1, with Ambro dissenting. filed his appeal of this ruling with the US Supreme Court today, Dec. 19.

Pittsburgh Indymedia 2009

However, on the issue of racist jury selection, also known as the Batson claim, the three judge panel of split 2-1, with Ambro dissenting. filed his appeal of this ruling with the US Supreme Court today, Dec. 19.

Pittsburgh Indymedia 2009

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The Injustice of Mumia Abu-Jamal's Batson ruling 2008

Library of Congress Stavin' Chain singing the ballad 'Batson' in Lafayette, LA, in 1934.

The Catcher of Songs Eddie Dean 2011

They will surely overturn the racism and gross misconduct of Judge Sabo,’ but we never got even a preliminary hearing on the issue considered most winnable: racial bias in jury selection, the so called Batson issue.”

Citing Withheld Evidence, Supporters Of Mumia Abu-Jamal Call For Civil Rights Investigation 2009

In rejecting Abu-Jamal’s claim of racial bias in jury selection — something known as a Batson violation, after the Supreme Court’s 1986 decision in Batson v Kentucky — the court majority wrote that Abu-Jamal had not made a timely protest over prosecutor McGill’s rejection of 10 black jurors without cause (McGill used 15 of his 20 available peremptory challenges to remove at least 10 qualified black and 5 qualified white jurors).

Third Circuit Court Rejects Abu-Jamal Appeal: The "Mumia Exception" 2008

The three-judge panel, in a 2-1 ruling, rejected Abu-Jamal’s claim of a so-called Batson violation — namely that the city prosecutor trying his case had denied him a fair trial by improperly barring qualified African Americans from sitting on his jury.

Mumia Abu-Jamal's Long-Shot Appeal for Reversal of Last Year's Disastrous Third Circuit Ruling 2008