Nonviolence and Peace

Unequal Under the Law: The Troubling Case of Terry Edwards, Set to Be Executed on Thursday

By Shane Claiborne
Anti-death penalty protesters arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court in 2017. Photo by JP Keenan/Sojourners
Jan 25, 2017
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They removed all the black folks from the pool of potential jurors.

In the trial of a black man convicted of killing two white folks.

Not in 1950 ... but in 2002.

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Anti-death penalty protesters arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court in 2017. Photo by JP Keenan/Sojourners