Sublime reasoning from our 9th circuit …

Firenze Sage

Two of three African American jurors were excused by the DA. This is a no no if done for reasons of race. The DA said he did it because one disliked cops and the other was a social worker.

Three (3) other courts said it was OK, and then came this opinion from the 9th circuit which is not exactly chock full of information about why.

“The prosecutor’s proffered race-neutral bases for peremptorily striking the two African-American jurors were not sufficient to counter the evidence of purposeful discrimination in light of the fact that two out of three prospective African-American jurors were stricken, and the record reflected different treatment of comparably situated jurors.”

The US Supreme court unanimously had this to say,”That decision is as inexplicable as it is unexplained. It is reversed.”