Supreme Court declines racial bias claim from Texas death row inmate
Andre Thomas, who is Black, killed his wife, who is white. He was sentenced to death in 2005. Three jurors during the trial opposed interracial marriage.
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Andre Thomas, who is Black, killed his wife, who is white. He was sentenced to death in 2005. Three jurors during the trial opposed interracial marriage.
Andre Thomas, who is Black, murdered his white wife and two children while in a psychotic state and was sentenced to death by an all-white jury, including three members who had said they opposed... #supremecourt #andrethomas #courtfilings #jurors
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a claim brought by a Black Texas death row inmate who said he did not receive a fair trial for the killings of his white wife and two children - crimes he does not deny committing - because three white jurors in his first trial expressed opposition to interracial marriage.
Thomas’ attorneys appealed saying that some members of the jury that sentenced him had expressed racist views. In their dissent, the court’s three liberal justices wrote that Thomas’ conviction and death sentence were unconstitutional.
A divided Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate who argued he didn’t get a fair trial because jurors objected to interracial...