Entries tagged with “Kristopher Love”
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Apr 28, 2022
Supreme Court Refuses to Review Case in Which Texas Judge Seated Juror Who Believed ‘Non-White Races’ More Violent
Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas death sentence when an expert witness had testified that a Black defendant posed an increased risk of committing future acts of violence because of his race, the Court has refused to review another Texas capital case in which the trial court permitted a juror to serve who expressed the very same view. On April 18, 2022, the Court denied a petition for certiorari filed on behalf of Kristopher Love challenging the trial court’s refusal…