Supreme Court revisits Mississippi death row case tied to disputed removal of Black jurors

Just years after overturning a similar conviction, the high court will weigh whether racial bias shaped Terry Pitchford’s jury and ...

Some familiar names to the Supreme Court in a death row case over racial bias in jury makeup

Some names will be familiar to the Supreme Court in the latest case involving a Black death row inmate from Mississippi.
Hoodline

Supreme Court Takes Up Mississippi Jury‑Bias Death Case

Supreme Court hears Mississippi jury‑bias death‑penalty appeal this week. Familiar names like Doug Evans and Curtis Flowers are central.

Supreme Court to hear racial bias claims in Mississippi death row case

The Supreme Court will hear a case involving racial bias in jury selection related to Mississippi death row inmate Terry Pitchford, whose conviction has faced scrutiny for discriminatory practices.
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Judge overturns Mississippi death penalty case, says racial bias in picking jury wasn’t fully argued

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ...
Law

Supreme Court Will Hear Mississippi Death Penalty Case Over Alleged Jury Discrimination

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of an African American death row prisoner prosecuted by the same Mississippi district attorney whom the justices said engaged in a practice of ...
Yahoo

Mississippi Supreme Court denies death row inmate post-conviction appeal

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mississippi Supreme Court issued an order Jan. 29 rejecting a successive post-conviction appeal by death row inmate Xavier ...