A divided Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Black Texas death row inmate who argued he didn’t get a fair trial because jurors who convicted him objected to interracial marriage.
FILE - This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death-row inmate Andre Thomas, from Texoma, Texas. A divided Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Black Texas death row inmate who argued he didnt get a fair trial because jurors who convicted him objected to interracial marriage. The courts three liberal justices dissented Tuesday from the courts order turning away the appeal from inmate Andre Thomas.
“No jury deciding whether to recommend a death sentence should be tainted by potential racial biases that could infect its deliberations or decision, particularly where the case involved an interracial crime,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote. Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined Sotomayor's opinion.
Thomas' trial lawyer did not seek to prevent the three people from serving on the jury, and didn't even question two of the three about their views, Sotomayor wrote. One juror said he could be fair in spite of his views.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had earlier rejected Thomas' claim that his lawyer failed to provide competent representation.from Thomas' lawyers that Thomas should not be executed because he is mentally ill.
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