keith tharpe
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case of Man Sentenced to Death by a Racist Juror
The Supreme Court agreed that at least one of the jurors who convicted a Georgia man of murder was a virulent racist. They previously came to the conclusion that racism may have affected a juror’s decision. But in a unanimous no-decision, the Supreme Court declined to take up the prisoner’s death penalty appeal, effectively sending…
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Georgia Was Going to Execute Keith Tharpe Until the Supreme Court Basically Said, ‘Hold Up; This Is Too Racist’
Keith Tharpe should have been dead. He was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Sept. 26, 2017. The state of Georgia had already made up its mind to execute Tharpe despite the fact that his attorneys say that his IQ is below the legal threshold for a person to understand the charges or their…
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US Supreme Court Grants Last-Minute Stay of Execution for Ga. Man Convicted by a Racist Juror
Keith Tharpe, a Georgia man who was convicted of murder in 1991 and sentenced to death, did not die as scheduled Tuesday. Instead, the U.S. Supreme Court intervened at the last moment and granted Tharpe a stay of execution just three-and-a-half hours after he was scheduled to be put to death by legal injection, the…
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Ga. Is Going to Execute a Black Man Convicted by a Racist Juror
On Tuesday, Sept. 26, if the U.S. Supreme Court does not intercede, the state of Georgia will execute Keith Tharpe. Keith Tharpe is probably guilty. In Georgia, an impartial jury must unanimously vote for capital punishment in order for a person to receive the death penalty. In 1991, when Tharpe was convicted, every juror voted…