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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

Justices refuse to stop execution of South Carolina inmate who says the jury was racially biased

South Carolina Execution - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of South Carolina inmate Richard Moore, a Black inmate whose lawyers say he is the only person on the death's death row convicted by a jury with no African American members.

There were no dissents in the brief order issued by the high court.

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