To have this the way it is … seems unfair to me. Rhone’s case to be retried – 13 years after he made his appeal.Īfter the court swore in the jury, Rhone made the following statement: “I would like to have someone that represents my culture as well as your culture. The Supreme Court rejected his appeal at the time, but has now ordered Theodore R. In 2010, a Black defendant appealed a trial court decision after a second potential Black juror was removed from the jury box in his trial for robbery, drug and firearm charges. Owens notes that previous rulings by the Washington Supreme Court fell short of the objective to remove racism from the jury selection process. Race discrimination in jury selection violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection guarantee, Justice Susan Owens states at the beginning of her simple-yet-dramatic opinion, which was signed by all her colleagues on the court. The Washington Supreme Court revised its previous stand on what it means to have a “jury of your peers” in a decision issued Thursday.
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