Juror's Racial Bias Is Grounds For New Trial, Justices Rule
By Cara Salvatore ( March 6, 2017, 10:35 AM EST) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Colorado man convicted of unlawful sexual contact is entitled to a new trial after learning that a juror made a racist comment, holding that courts may penetrate the secrecy of the jury deliberation room when there is reason to believe that racial bias has cheated a defendant of the right to an impartial jury....
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