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Juror’s racist comments give death row inmate another chance

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave a death row inmate in Georgia another chance to challenge his murder conviction based on racist comments by one of the trial jurors. Following Keith Tharpe’s conviction and death sentence, his lawyers produced an affidavit signed by the juror, Barney Gattie, who said that “after studying the Bible, I have […]

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