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SCOTUS Orders New Hearing for Texas Death Row Inmate Duane Buck

2ND CHANCE

On claims that testimony about his race affected his sentence.

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Courtesy Jenevieve Robbins/Texas Dept of Criminal Justice/Handout via Reuters

The Supreme Court has ordered a new court hearing for the case of Texas death-row inmate Duane Buck, who is black, over the claims that improper testimony about his race affected his sentencing.

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