The Alabama Supreme Court has ordered further review for two EJI clients on Alabama's death row: Christopher Floyd and Oscar Doster. In separate appeals, EJI sought additional review in each case, and the State's highest court will now address important constitutional claims in each case.
Christopher Floyd was tried and sentenced to death by an all-white jury after the Houston County prosecutor barred from jury service 10 of the 11 African Americans who were qualified to serve as jurors at his trial.
African Americans constitute 27% of the population of Houston County and the prosecutor's office has a documented history of illegal racial discrimination in jury selection. In a recent report, EJI documented that 8 out of 10 African Americans qualified for jury service have been struck by Houston County prosecutors in death penalty cases.
via eji.org
