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Doug Evans sued for using race in jury selection Mississippi District Attorney Doug Evans — who gained national attention for trying Curtis Flowers six times for the same crime — is being sued for his practice of excluding black people from juries.The class-action lawsuit was filed Monday morning in federal district court in northern Mississippi. The plaintiffs — four black would-be jurors in Evans' district and a local branch of the NAACP — are represented by lawyers for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the MacArthur Justice Center. They claim that Evans is violating their constitutional rights by systematically preventing African Americans from serving on juries. They're not seeking monetary damages. Rather, they're asking a judge, on behalf of all of Evans' black constituents, to issue an injunction forcing Evans' office to stop. ▻ Read the story  |