Yesterday's unusual and powerful statement by Justice Sonya Sotomayor, which rebuked a federal prosecutor for appealing to racially biased stereotype during a trial, ended with an expression of her hope to "never to see a case like this again." Today, the New York Times Editorial Page Editor's blog pointed out that the case of LDF client, Duane Buck [1], may soon offer the Supreme Court the opportunity to "go beyond scolding, and actually do something about the well-known racial bias in the criminal justice system in Texas." You can read the New York Times' blog here [2].
Links:
[1] http://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/duane-buck-sentenced-death-because-he-black
[2] http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/youve-got-african-americans-youve-got-hispanics/
[3] http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently reading http://www.naacpldf.org/update/nyt-blog-draws-parallels-between-powerful-justice-sotomayor-statement-race-and-ldf-client
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[7] http://www.naacpldf.org/printmail/update/nyt-blog-draws-parallels-between-powerful-justice-sotomayor-statement-race-and-ldf-client
[8] http://www.naacpldf.org/print/update/nyt-blog-draws-parallels-between-powerful-justice-sotomayor-statement-race-and-ldf-client