While everyone was going up about the Supreme Court’s block on President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief plan, the court passed another decision right under our noses. According to NBC News, the court refused to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate who alleged his jury was picked based on race.

Tony Clark was convicted on murder charges and sentenced to death in the killing of a 13-year-old boy during the robbery of a convenience store back in 2014. His appeal claimed that during the jury selection for his trial, prosecutors unlawfully sought to strike Black jurors based solely on race. That would be in direct violation of the Court’s 1986 ruling that potential jurors can’t be excluded based on race. But alas, Clark’s trial was composed of 11 white people and one Black person.

  • Froyn
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    31 year ago

    I do not think that means what you think it means. Currently there are admissions based on economic status, they’re called Legacy admissions.

    • keeb420
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      101 year ago

      theres a way to sidestep this entire issue, make college free.

    • Pennomi
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      61 year ago

      Clearly I meant the opposite. Legacy admissions obviously cater to the wealthy, not the disadvantaged.