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Black jurors are more likely to oppose the death penalty, which is rooted in a long history of racial violence, including lynchings and sham trials by all-white juries that sentenced Black people to death. This means Black jurors are also more likely to be disqualified. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 31, 2022

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Prosecutors on death penalty cases use death qualification to exclude jurors who aren’t open to imposing the death penalty. If you aren’t willing to sentence someone to death, you can’t serve on the jury and you can't vote on an accused person’s guilt or innocence. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 31, 2022

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This enables a cycle of discrimination: ➡️ Black jurors are excluded ➡️ Black defendants are sentenced to death by overwhelmingly white juries, and Black people overrepresent those wrongfully convicted ➡️ Distrust of the criminal legal system continues in Black communities — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 31, 2022