article_snippet.sent: On Tuesday, Gov. Jay Nixon refused a clemency petition that raised concerns about the fact that Cole, who was black, was convicted and sentenced by an all-white jury.
article_snippet.sent: the jury was the source of the clemency request to Nixon.
article_snippet.sent: Advocates for Cole, including the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union and others, said his case was among many in which St. Louis County prosecutors unfairly prohibited black jurors from hearing a death penalty case involving a black suspect.
article_snippet.sent: All 12 jurors in his case were white.
article_snippet.sent: Kimber Edwards, who was scheduled for execution in May, was also convicted and sentenced by an all-white jury.