Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is known for going years without saying a word during oral arguments
For the first time in three years, Clarence Thomas has broken his silence. The Supreme Court justice, who is known for going years without uttering a word during oral arguments, asked three brief questions during an argument Wednesday. It is only the third time since 2006 that Thomas said anything from the bench.
The case Wednesday, Flowers v. Mississippi, centers on whether a white Mississippi prosecutor intentionally kept black jurors off of six murder trials for a suspect named Curtis Flowers. Flowers was convicted in 2010 by a jury of 11 white people and one black person, and he is now on death row. Flowers has maintained his innocence and won several appeals, only to be convicted again at retrial. His case received wide attention when it was examined on the podcast “In The Dark,” which uncovered troubling issues with the state’s handling of the case.
