In one example, a handwritten note headed “Definite No’s” listed six people, of whom five were the remaining black prospective jurors. Three of the prospective black jurors were identified in notes as “B#1,” “B#2,” and “B#3.”An investigator working for the prosecutors also ranked the black prospective jurors against each other in case “it comes down to having to pick one of the black jurors.” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court that Georgia “prosecutors were motivated in substantial part by race” when they struck African-Americans from the jury pool. And yet even that woman ranked behind the black jurors, Bright said. The Supreme Court’s ruling about race discrimination in jury selection was about a year old when Foster’s case went to trial, the state said.

Source: thestar May 23, 2016 11:00 UTC