Former Alameda County prosecutors excluded Black and Jewish jurors from death penalty cases, prompting a federal judge to order a review of dozens of such cases, said District Attorney Pamela Price on Monday.
"This is not about left or right or any kind of politics. This is about ethics," Price said at a news conference outside the San Francisco Federal Building, where the judge is based."Prosecutors in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office appeared to have intentionally excluded Jewish and Black jurors from death penalty cases," said Price, referring to attorneys who worked under her predecessors.About three dozen death penalty cases are now under review, she said.
Brian Pomerantz, an attorney representing Dykes and several other Death Row inmates whose cases may be affected said, "This has been something that's been going on in Alameda for - it's been the worst kept secret."Pomerantz said the notes also include purportedly race-neutral explanations as to why jurors were tossed."So these aren't just notes saying, 'We don't like these jurors for this reason.
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