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Why a landmark Supreme Court ruling has failed to keep racial bias out of jury selection

  • Written by Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
Why a landmark Supreme Court ruling has failed to keep racial bias out of jury selectionIn 1986, the Supreme Court barred prosecutors from striking jurors solely because of race.Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images

On April 30, 2026, Texas executed James Broadnax, a Black man who was sentenced to death for the robbery and murder of two men in 2008.

Before the jury was seated, the prosecutor moved to dismiss each of the seven Black people...

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