Jury Selection Closed in ‘66 Miss. Murder Trial
Wednesday, February 26th, 2003(This resource removed at the insistence of The Associated Press.)
Archive for February, 2003
Prosecutors Used “Race Bias”
Wednesday, February 26th, 2003 According to a CNN report:
An African-American man’s murder conviction has been thrown into doubt after the Supreme Court Tuesday found Texas prosecutors used “race bias” during jury selection.By an 8-1 margin, the justices ruled district attorneys in Dallas employed “race-based” challenges to exclude 10 of 11 African-Americans eligible to serve as jurors on the 1986 […]
eBay and Racist Memorabilia
Monday, February 24th, 2003(This resource removed at the insistence of The Associated Press.)
Racism in Vanity Fair
Monday, February 17th, 2003From Vanity Fair, February 2003, p. 116, in the “Ask Dame Edna” column:
Dear Dame Edna,
I would very much like to learn a foreign language, preferably French or Italian, but every time I mention this, people tell me to learn Spanish instead. They say, “Everyone is going to be speaking Spanish in 10 years. George W. […]
Boston Backs Away from Affirmative Action
Monday, February 10th, 2003According to an AP wire report, the mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, abolished a program which gave preference, in awarding city contracts, to businesses owned by minorities and by women. The major preemptively gutted the program because, in his estimation, it would not be likely to withstand a court order, despite being 25 years […]