Justices Overturn Verdict,
Cite Race
Blacks Were Unjustly Kept off Texas Jury in '86 Death
Row Case http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/13/AR2005061300
531.html
The Supreme Court made an expected but emphatic statement
in favor of race-neutral justice yesterday, overturning
the 1986 conviction of a black death row inmate because
his trial in Dallas was tainted by government racial discrimination. By Charles Lane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 14, 2005; Page A01
