Keith Leroy Tharpe,59, was convicted of killing by jury that included man who said in 1998 affidavit that he wondered if black people ‘even acquire souls’A Georgia prisoner whose jury trial was marred by racial bias was set to be executed on Tuesday night, and barring an eleventh-hour intervention by the state or the US supreme court.
Keith Leroy Tharpe,59, lost his tender for clemency on Monday before the state board of pardons and parole. He was convicted in 1991 of the shooting death of his sister-in-law, and Jacquelyn Freeman,in September 1990.
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Source: theguardian.com