"A case now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court presents a disturbing question about racial discrimination in the imposition of the death penalty: Is it "extraordinary" to sentence a black man to death based on "expert" testimony — introduced by his own trial counsel — that he is more likely to be dangerous because he is black?

Due purely to the incompetence of his court-appointed lawyers, no court has ever fully considered the merits of Duane Buck's argument that this ­racially charged testimony denied him a fair trial. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit nonetheless held that Buck's circumstances were not sufficiently "extraordinary" to justify even considering his claim of racial discrimination.

The Supreme Court should review that decision and correct a major injustice."

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