Racial Justice
Appellate Division: Prosecutor’s Jury Selection Improperly Based on Dubious Explanations & Stereotypes
On June 29, 2021, in People v. Murray, the Appellate Division reversed the convictions of Dexter Murray, an OAD client, finding that the prosecutor at his trial exercised her peremptory jury challenges in a racially discriminatory manner. In the landmark decision Batson v. Kentucky (1986), the United States Supreme Court made clear that it is…
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