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posted by on Wednesday March 08 2017, @08:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-biased,-just-racist dept.

SCOTUSblog reports:

A Colorado man who was required to register as a sex offender after being convicted of unlawful sexual contact with two teenage girls will get a shot at a new trial, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled today. Miguel Peña-Rodriguez had asked a state trial court for a new trial after two jurors told his lawyers that a third juror had made racially biased remarks about Peña-Rodriguez and his main witness, who are both Hispanic. But the state trial court rejected Peña-Rodriguez's request, citing a state evidentiary rule that generally bars jurors from testifying about statements made during deliberations that might call the verdict into question. In a major ruling on juror bias and fair trials, the Supreme Court reversed that holding by a vote of 5-3 and sent Peña-Rodriguez's case back to the lower courts for them to consider the two jurors' testimony for the first time.

Supreme Court's decision in Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado.

Also at Reuters, NYT, NPR, USA Today, and Bloomberg.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @11:48PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @11:48PM (#476788)

    What courts? Courts are part of the government. Also what contract? I really doubt anyone who do non-consensual sexual contact is going to sign a contract with his/her victims.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @11:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @11:58PM (#476793)

    He's trying not to make sense.