Entries tagged with “Christopher Floyd”
Policy Issues
Race
,United States Supreme Court
,Jun 21, 2016
U.S. Supreme Court Orders Reconsideration of Three Cases in Light of Jury Selection Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court granted writs of certiorari in three jury discrimination cases on June 20, vacating each of them and directing state courts in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana to reconsider the issue in light of the Court’s recent decision in Foster v. Chatman. Two of the petitioners, Curtis Flowers of Mississippi and Christopher Floyd of Alabama, are currently on death row. The third, Jabari Williams, was convicted in Louisiana of second-degree murder.