Washington: Timothy Foster has spent nearly 30 years on Georgia's death row. On Monday, his lawyer will speak before the Supreme Court to fight for his life, pointing to endemic racism in US jury selection and the death penalty. Foster, an African American, was charged with the 1986 murder of a white woman, Queen White. The prosecutor in the case removed all black potential jurors, and called for a death sentence to "deter other people out there in the projects," referring to public housing. During court proceedings, Foster obtained previously withheld notes from the prosecution showing prosecutors had...
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