Denial of Cert by Supreme Court: Racial Comments by Prosecutors

The U.S. Supreme Court recently denied certiorari in a case involving racial comments by a prosecutor in summation.   Defense counsel had not objected to the comments.  Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Breyer,  wrote to make clear that such comments are intolerable.

Pace Professor Bennett Gershman discusses the issue.

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