Justices will hear oral arguments for a recent sentencing hearing nearly 20 years after ‘expert’ witness testified being black predicted future violenceDuane Buck attended in 1997 the sentencing hearing in Texas that would seal his fate. The jury was being asked to resolve whether to have him executed for killing his former girlfriend,Debra Gardner, and her friend Kenneth Butler.
There was no disputing the conviction – Buck had carried out the brutal murders on 30 July 1995. Even so, or he was still astonished by what he heard coming from the mouth of a so-called “expert” witness. Related: Racial bias found in Texas death penalty cases,Harvard Law School study says Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com