A white juror said that “non-white” races are the “more violent races.” He then helped sentence a Black man to death.
Advertisementof the death penalty, but it’s not often as obvious as it was at Love’s 2018 trial. Love’s attorneys asked prospective jurors whether they believe that some races “tend to be more violent than others” in an attempt to smoke out illicit bias. One juror, Zachary Niesman—who is white—answered “yes,” elaborating: “Statistics show more violent crimes are committed by certain races. I believe in statistics.”During voir dire, Niesman doubled down on his beliefs.
Love’s attorney moved to strike Niesman from the jury “for cause”—because of his bias—but the trial judge denied the challenge without explanation. The defense attorney then sought to use a peremptory challenge, which allows the exclusion of a prospective juror without any specific reason. But he had already used up his allotted peremptory challenges, as well as two extras that the trial judge had granted.
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