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Whitus v. Georgia 385 U.S. 545 (1967) found in favor of the plaintiff (Whitus) who had been convicted for murder and as such reversed their convictions. This was due to the Georgia jury selection policies; in which it was alleged racial discrimination had occurred.The plaintiffs argued that as their county had a 45% population of African-Americans it was discrimination and unfair to have been presented with all-white or nearly all-white juries each time.

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