Keith Tharpe

Clarence Thomas was one of three justices to write a dissent about the Supreme Court's blocking the execution of Keith Tharpe, a Black Georgia death row inmate.

Keith Tharpe was sentenced to death in 1991 three months after being accused of killing his sister-in-law. 26 years later Tharpe’s attorney, Brian Kammer is asking to reopen the case based on the evidence of a juror who voted against Tharpe based on racial bias. The juror in question, according to Kammer, “repeatedly boasted that he typically used […]