Supreme Court Sides with Black Mississippi Death-Row Inmate Over Jury Bias
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The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Terry Pitchford, a Black Mississippi death-row inmate, finding racial bias in the jury that convicted him and signaling potential further review or a new trial, citing Batson v. Kentucky; the case adds to decades of battles over Black jurors in Mississippi prosecutions and echoes connections to the Curtis Flowers matter.
- Supreme Court rules for Black death row prisoner from Mississippi over racial bias in makeup of jury PBS
- Opinion | With Pitchford v. Cain, The Supreme Court Protected Jury Rights. Now It Must Go Further. The New York Times
- Supreme Court sides with Mississippi man on death row in racial bias case The Washington Post
- Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts Remain Strangely Clear-Eyed About One Kind of Racism Slate Magazine
- Brett Kavanaugh just won a surprising victory for racial justice vox.com
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