The U.S.Supreme Court reversed a death sentence murder conviction because the district attorney asked the jury commissioner to limit the number of African Americans and women on the lists from which potential jurors were chosen in Avery v.Georgia (1953).

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This statement is true. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the death sentence murder conviction in Avery v. Georgia (1953) because the district attorney had asked the jury commissioner to limit the number of African Americans and women on the lists from which potential jurors were chosen. The Court ruled that this violated the defendant's right to a fair trial by an impartial jury under the 14th Amendment.

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