Statistician testifies in Racial Justice Act case
FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — A statistician testifying at a hearing about North Carolina's Racial Justice Act says qualified black and white jurors have been seated on capital murder trials at about the same rate.
The Fayetteville Observer reported that applied statistician Joseph Katz testified Thursday that his research shows blacks were seated more than 35 percent of the time, while whites were seated almost 34 percent of the time. His research covers 173 capital trials over 21 years.
Katz is testifying for the prosecution, which is trying to counter claims by attorneys for convicted killer Marcus Robinson that racism influenced their client's trial and others in the state. Robinson hopes to have his death sentence changed to life in prison without parole.
Robinson is a black man convicted of killing a white teenager.
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