Justices Pass on Juror Bias Appeal Over Interracial Marriage (1)

The US Supreme Court won’t consider whether an attorney’s failure to object to the inclusion of jurors who expressed opposition to interracial marriage will upend a death sentence for a Black man convicted of killing his white wife and her children.

Andre Thomas was sentenced to death for the 2004 killing of his estranged wife Laura Boren Thomas, their four-year-old son, and Laura’s 13-month-old daughter. The all-white jury included three individuals who indicated on their jury questionnaires that they were against interracial marriage.

Thomas, who suffers from schizophrenia and gouged out both of his eyes while in custody, says his ...