Alabama Violated Constitutional Rights of Death Row Inmate, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated Black potential jurors at his 1990 murder trial. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides
Topics: trial, murder, jurors, potential, Black, eliminated, systematically, prosecutors, because, retried, eligible, Sockwell, Michael, panel, appellate, federal, Rules, Court, Appeals, Inmate, Death, Rights, Constitutional, Violated, Alabama
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/politics/death-penalty-retrial-alabama.html