Tag: Biased Juror
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Douglas County sex offense convictions overturned because judge let biased juror serve
Colorado’s second-highest court last week reversed a man’s sexual assault convictions because a Douglas County judge allowed a biased juror to serve. Jurors convicted Dennis Floyd Ladd of multiple sex offenses in 2022 and he received an indefinite sentence of at least 25 years. During jury selection, his lawyer asked the jury pool if they would…
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Colorado Supreme Court, 5-2, says no new trial following ‘overt, in-court racism’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday that a Black defendant did not deserve a new trial after one juror disclosed he moved to the overwhelmingly White jurisdiction because he “didn’t want diversity,” and the trial judge refused to dismiss him for bias. By 5-2,…
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Colorado justices struggle with juror in Black defendant’s trial who ‘didn’t want diversity’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the Colorado Supreme Court this week struggled with the fate of a Black defendant’s convictions in an overwhelmingly White jurisdiction, after a trial judge refused to dismiss a juror who admitted he “didn’t want diversity.” Although the justices have previously addressed cases involving people of…