> In North Carolina, at least 26 current death row defendants were sentenced by all-white juries. In South Carolina, a prosecutor said he struck a black potential juror because he “shucked and jived” when he walked.
There are other selection biases at play; any of those peers who oppose the death penalty are struck from the jury as a matter of course.
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/us/02jury.html
> In North Carolina, at least 26 current death row defendants were sentenced by all-white juries. In South Carolina, a prosecutor said he struck a black potential juror because he “shucked and jived” when he walked.
There are other selection biases at play; any of those peers who oppose the death penalty are struck from the jury as a matter of course.