Supreme Court decries institutionalized racism in Sixth Amendment case

Published April 21, 2020 4:20pm ET



The Supreme Court condemned laws protecting institutionalized racism in a Monday majority opinion.

In a 6-3 decision issued Monday, the high court decried historical racism present in laws that dictated guilty verdicts in criminal trials in two states.

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