Murderers Seek to Overturn Convictions Under California’s Racial Justice Act

Murderers Seek to Overturn Convictions Under California’s Racial Justice Act

Four condemned murderers are asking the California Supreme Court to overturn their convictions and death sentences claiming that racial prejudice influenced the jury verdicts against them. In 2020 the California Legislature passed AB 2542, called the Racial Justice Act (RJA), which Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law. The Act, in part, allows a convicted criminal to challenge their conviction or sentence if a judge, attorney, law enforcement o…