Sixth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Batson Claims by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan’s order granting a Michigan prisoner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus …

Natural Language Processing Software Can Identify Biased Jury Selection, Has Potential to Be Used in Real Time During Voir Dire by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies published a ground-breaking study out of Cornell University that proves prosecutors question Black venire persons in …

Colorado Supreme Court Announces That Introducing New Race-Neutral Justifications on Remand Not Permitted in Batson Challenge by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Colorado ruled that when a party has had an opportunity at trial to present race-neutral justifications for a challenged peremptory strike under the second …

First Circuit Reverses Denial of Habeas Relief Where District Court Found Batson Error but Observed AEDPA, Deferred to State Court’s Finding that No Batson Error Occurred by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for the District of …