New Hope for People Who Claim Racism Tainted Their Death Sentence [themarshallproject.org]
By Joseph Neff and Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project, June 11, 2020 When Andrew Ramseur walked into the Iredell County, North Carolina, courtroom for his murder trial in 2010, the rows behind the defense table were cordoned off with police tape. His family, who are black, were “forced to sit in the proverbial ‘back of the bus,’” according to court papers, while the victims’ white family was seated in front, directly behind the prosecution table. During jury selection, prosecutors...