Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay.com. By Matt Naum, Staff Writer On September 4, 2020, Curtis Flowers was officially released from Mississippi state custody after having murder charges against him dropped. These charges are what forced Flowers to endure six separate trials. [1] The trials resulted in four convictions, four […]
By: Amanda Leonard, Staff Writer During jury selection for the recent El Chapo trial, one juror broke down crying in front of the judge, claiming coworkers identified her as a potential juror and she feared that public identification would follow suit.[1] The judge had previously granted requests from prospective […]
By David Zvirman, Staff Writer The proposition that when a person is tried before a court that the jury should not be tainted with racial discrimination is not a new or novel idea. Unfortunately, there have been times throughout our country’s history where this idea has been tested. This […]
