Tharpe v Sellers

Death Row Inmate Case Returns To Trial Court in Tharpe v Sellers (2018)

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a Georgia death row inmate should be able to continue his effort to reopen his case. In its per curium opinion in Tharpe v Sellers, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), the Court noted that the defendant faced long odds in overturning his conviction, but agreed that the lower courts should consider his claim that a juror’s racial bias prejudiced his case.