Supreme Court rules for Black death row inmate from Mississippi over racial bias in makeup of jury - AP News

Supreme Court rules for Black death row inmate from Mississippi over racial bias in makeup of jury  AP News

Supreme Court Says Death Row Inmate Can Challenge Exclusion of Black Jurors

Terry Pitchford was convicted in 2006 for his role in the murder of a shopkeeper by a 12-member jury that included one Black member.

By Ann E. Marimow

Supreme Court sides with Mississippi man on death row in racial bias case

For two decades, Terry Pitchford has agued his conviction was not valid, pointing to what he says were racially biased selections of the jurors who heard the case.

By Julian Mark

Supreme court sides with Mississippi man in racial bias case

Terry Pitchford, on death row for a murder conviction, argued that Black jurors were excluded from his trial Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US supreme court on Thursday ruled in favor of Terry Pitchford, a Black man convicted of capital murder and on death row in Mississippi, who claimed that his conviction was due to the jury having racial bias. The justices sided with Pitchford in a 5-4 vote. Continue reading...

By Adria R Walker

Supreme Court sides with Black death row inmate, ending 20-year legal battle over jury makeup

Pitchford was tried for capital murder and sentenced to death

By Mark Sherman

Supreme Court rules for Black death row inmate from Mississippi over racial bias in makeup of jury

SC on share in royal property: Only 'throne' goes to eldest son, wealth must be split

By AMIT ANAND CHOUDHARY

Supreme Court grants divorce even as wife wanted adultery proven first

The Supreme Court has dissolved a marriage despite the wife opposing divorce, not because she wanted to save the relationship, but because she first wanted to prove in court that her husband committed adultery.