Supreme Court Weighs Race Bias in Death Row Case

The Supreme Court deliberates on Terry Pitchfords case, a Black man on Mississippis death row, accused of racial bias in his jury. The case echoes Curtis Flowers, where the court previously overturned a conviction due to race-based jury strikes. Justices grilled lawyers and the trial judge during arguments, highlighting the prosecutors history of racial bias. The case has been bounced around for twenty years, with a federal judge overturning the conviction last year but an appeals court reinstating it. The ruling could send the case for further review, shedding light on how jury bias claims continue to complicate death penalty cases in the South.

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