Biography
Black youth sentenced to death at age 16 for rape in Louisiana; The Black Panther Vol. 17 no.14 (1977) reports his death sentence was reduced to 20 years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the death penalty for rape, with Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys pursuing a new trial. The Death Penalty Information Center's German innocence compendium reports that the Southern Poverty Law Center sought a new trial and presented evidence that Ross's blood type did not match the seminal-fluid evidence. New Orleans prosecutors dropped the charges in 1981.
The Death Penalty Information Center's German innocence compendium reports that the Southern Poverty Law Center sought a new trial and presented evidence that Ross's blood type did not match the seminal-fluid evidence. New Orleans prosecutors dropped the charges in 1981.
