Closing arguments continue in Racial Justice case
FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Attorneys for the first death row prisoner to use North Carolina's Racial Justice Act to get a life sentence say statistics, affidavits and other evidence prove racial bias against black jurors both statewide and in their client's murder trial.
The Fayetteville Observer reported that a prosecutor countered that the numbers don't tell the full story and that people who conducted a statistical study of jury selection weren't qualified to do the analysis.
The closing arguments came Wednesday in the hearing in Cumberland County involving Marcus Robinson, a black man convicted in 1994 of killing a white teen.
His case is expected to set precedent for more than 150 similar claims pending in state courts.
Closing arguments were continuing Wednesday afternoon.
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