Portland Man's Conviction Overturned After Prosecutors Exclude Black Jurors from Verdict

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a murder conviction of a Portland man after finding out the prosecutors dismissed two Black jurors from the jury pool because of their race, according to OregonLive. The district attorney’s decision to strike both jurors was for “race-neutral” reasons.

Darian L. McWoods, 29, was found guilty in 2018 of the murder of his 15-month-old daughter. The jury that found him guilty had no Black members. Per OregonLive’s report, McWoods’ defense attorney, Josephine Townsend, fought against the dismissal of two of the Black jurors by citing the 1986 US Supreme Court decision prohibiting the exclusion of prospective jurors by race.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/portland-man-conviction-overturned-prosecutors-183937126.html

[Walleye]

1. How long before the Supreme Court gets around to overturning that one