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In the case of , the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a trial judge in a Louisiana court allowed a prosecutor to strike a black juror, leaving an all-white jury to consider the fate of a black defendant in a capital trial. In the , the court found that white jurors were allowed to stay on the jury even though they had the same concerns the prosecutor claimed were a basis for striking the black juror.

Although the Court did not make a ruling about this in the decision, after striking all of the black jurors, the throughout the trial. The case has been remanded for a new trial.

While the decision was good news for the capital defense community, the Snyder case once again highlights the problems that exist in the capital trial system. A prosecutor was able to argue for the death of a black man before an all-white jury. The prosecutor was also allowed to continuously reference a racially divisive case with impunity. Such misconduct is not rare. Many people have been exonerated from death row based on prosecutorial misconduct. Snyder is a step in the right direction but there are still miles to travel to ensure fair trials for all capital defendants.