Furthermore, the attorneys say Tharpe is intellectually disabled, which would make it illegal for him to be executed under federal law. Juror expressed racist viewsTharpe's current case centers on the post-conviction testimony of Barney Gattie, a white juror in Tharpe's trial. Brian Kammer, Tharpe's attorney with the Georgia Resource Center, said Gattie showed in his interview that he "harbored very atrocious, racist views about black people." Gattie had only one correction, but the rest of his statement stood, court documents filed by Tharpe's attorneys say. Tharpe's attorneys later discovered that wasn't the case.

Source: CNN September 24, 2017 21:56 UTC