Supreme Court Revisits Mississippi Death Row Case
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Terry Pitchford, a Black inmate on Mississippis death row, faces the Supreme Court tomorrow in a case highlighting racial bias in jury selection. Prosecutor Doug Evans struck four out of five Black jurors, leaving just one on the jury that sentenced Pitchford to death. The case echoes the Curtis Flowers saga, where the same Evans and judges were rebuked for racial jury purging. Lower courts split on Pitchfords Batson claim, with a federal judge tossing the conviction but the fifth circuit flipping it back. The Supreme Court must now decide if Pitchfords team objected enough and if the state courts rejection was reasonable. A win could mean release or retrial after twenty years, forcing a fresh look at patterns in the district.
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