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ACLU @ACLU

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

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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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Juries are meant to represent a community's conscience — and defendants have a right to a fair, representative jury. We won’t be excluded from jury service. https://t.co/DSznF5Cksb — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 31, 2022