O.J. Simpson has filed an appeal to the appellate court after his conviction in 2008 for robbery and kidnapping. The ground on which O.J. Simpson has appealed from the jury’s decision is ‘discrimination’.

According to the Simpson’s Lawyer Yale Galanter, the two Afro-American members of the jury were excluded by the prosecution which is nothing but an adamant discrimination against his client. The two jury members were excluded by the prosecution on the ground that they could have some soft corner for Simpson who is also an Afro-American. According to Galanter, it was an inappropriate step which led to discriminatory decision.

The prosecution was of the view that the exclusion of both jury members was based upon the similar reasons. “I submit to the court that those remarkably similar reasons were because they were both African-American.” Galanter blamed the prosecution. But the prosecution has different ground to present before the court. The state excluded the two jurists because both felt reluctant to own responsibility for sending Simpson to jail according to Yahoo news.

Simpson’s lawyer has also blamed the trial judge Jackie Glass for her prejudice against the defendants. He raised many points against her which tended to show that she has not been impartial and tried to portray a biased picture to change the perception of the jury against the defendants. The defense lawyer blamed that she treated the defendants more harshly than the prosecution. The appellate court has kept the appeal under consideration and the decision will be taken on a later date.

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