He begins to dig and learns that the jurors at the trial took a Bible into the jury room and prayed together before deciding to sentence Ricky to death. That’s unconstitutional, but in Louisiana it’ll be a tough sell for appeal. Instead he has Ricky’s conviction and death sentence overturned on grounds never before raised in the state: Though Ricky is white, he was entitled to have blacks on his jury, and there were none. The state supreme court justices who rule in his favor practically hold their noses as they do so.
