The Republican base isn’t going to be cheering this:
The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday halted the execution of a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago after his lawyers contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial.
Duane Buck, 48, was spared from lethal injection when the justices, without comment, said they would review an appeal in his case.
Two appeals, both related to a psychologist’s testimony that black people were more likely to commit violence, were before the court. One was granted. The other denied.
I don’t know what Antonin Scalia is doing messing around and interfering with Rick Perry’s ability to add another notch to his belt.
How do you think the Republicans would like it if we introduced evidence at their trial that yahoos with NRA stickers on their trucks are more likely to own and discharge a firearm?
I don’t want to make light of the seriousness of the crime here, but if you have a good set of evidence, you don’t need to be arguing that the proof the guy deserves the death sentence is because he’s black. Even in Texas, that’s pretty low.
