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Criminal,
California Supreme Court

Jun. 1, 2018

Liu dissents in death penalty affirmance over dismissal of black jurors

The state Supreme Court affirmed a death penalty verdict Thursday for a defendant convicted of rape and torture in an opinion in which the lone dissenting justice questioned the legitimacy of the jury selection process.

The state Supreme Court affirmed a death penalty verdict Thursday for a defendant convicted of rape and torture in an opinion in which the lone dissenting justice questioned the legitimacy of the jury selection process.

Justice Goodwin Liu contended the prosecution improperly dismissed every prospective black juror in a trial multiple justices agreed had "definite racial overtones."

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