Top U.S. court spurns Georgia death row inmate's racist juror claim

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a black Georgia death row inmate to be executed, turning away his bid to challenge his death sentence for the 1990 murder of his sister-in-law on the basis that the trial was tainted by a racist white juror who questioned whether black people have souls.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2JlqKem