Alameda County Ordered to Review Dozens of Death Penalty Cases
Alameda County Prosecutors allegedly kept Black and Jewish people off of juries in death penalty cases.
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Alameda County Prosecutors allegedly kept Black and Jewish people off of juries in death penalty cases.
A shocking allegation of racial bias in death penalty cases in Alameda County, California, could have massive implications for dozens of death penalty cases in the northern California county that encompasses Oakland.
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price said her office has set up a hotline for those impacted by 35 death penalty cases that are under review over possible prosecutorial misconduct.
All pending death penalty cases in Alameda County, California, were ordered reviewed over racist and antisemitic scandal.
Former Alameda County prosecutors excluded Black and Jewish jurors from death penalty cases, prompting a federal judge to order a review of dozens of such cases, said District Attorney Pamela Price on Monday.