"A Georgia Man Facing Execution Was Convicted By A Juror Who Wondered If "Black People Even Have Souls""

From BuzzFeed, via NACDL news scan:

In an affidavit, Gattie — now deceased — said, "In my experience, I have observed that there are two types of black people. 1. Black folks and 2. Niggers."

Gattie said that he knew Jacquelin Freeman and called her family "nice black folks," adding that if the Freemans had been "the type Tharpe is" then picking between life and death for Tharpe "wouldn't have mattered so much."

He said that Tharpe wasn't in the "good black folks category" and that he deserved the electric chair for what he did to Freeman.