MSNBC Alex Witt Reports November 6, 2021 18:46:00
Jurors were excused through preemptory strikes exercised by the defense, but that doesn't mean that the court has the authority to reseat. >> as a former u.s. attorney, what's your reaction to this? >> the law in this area is relatively complicated and it stems from a case called batson that sets up a three-step procedure for challenging jurors when one side or the other in a case believes that racial animus has entered into decision making, and the problem here is that the judge followed that statutory process fairly precisely, and it yielded this result that's unsatisfying on its face. this ...