A Kentucky judge, who rose to national prominence for dismissing all-white jury panels, is under fire again. This time over social media posts against prosecutors as tensions rise in his "racially charged legal battle."
Prosecutors in Louisiana are excluding potential Black jurors three times as often as jurors of another race by using peremptory challenges
A new study suggests African Americans are being kept off juries  in southern states. The Equal Justice Initiative looked at Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Lousiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. The firm found significant problems in areas of each state. metrosource
