Oral arguments in jury selection bias case heard by Supreme
By Staff Reporter | Mar 22, 2019 04:18 PM EDT
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Flowers v. Mississippi, in which the state was alleged to have improperly dismissed African American jurors.
The petitioner, Curtis Flowers, was convicted of a capital offense in 2010 and appealed his death penalty conviction on the grounds of racial discrimination. The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the sentence.