Richard Lorenc, a founding member of Conservative Concerned About the Death Penalty’s group on Georgia, recently published an op-ed about the case of Charles Rhines. Rhines faces execution in South Dakota, and his attorneys argue that he ended up on death row because of bias among jury members against homosexuals.
Just as the judiciary has a responsibility to address when racial prejudices poison jury deliberations, it must also act when challenged with the prospect of anti-gay bias in a capital murder trial.
Read the full article on ACSBlog, a publication of the American Constitution Society.
Lorenc is the Executive Vice President of the Foundation for Economic Education. He chairs the boards of directors of America’s Future Foundation and the Coalition to Reduce Spending.