SCOTUS Reverses Mississippi Black Man’s Death Sentence, Ruling Jury Selection Was Racist

Supreme Court rules in favor of racially biased jury claims | The Highland County Press

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision on Thursday, ruled in favor of a Black man convicted of capital murder in Mississippi, who said the jury that convicted him was racially biased.

POLITICS: Justice is (race)-blind — and the Supreme Court leads the way

Defying the predictions of its left-wing critics, the US Supreme Court last week overturned the conviction and death sentence of a black man who’s spent 20 years on Mississippi’s death row. In doing so, the justices nudged the nation another step closer toward color-blind justice. In 2005 Terry Pitchford and Eric Bullins, then 18 and 16, robbed a store in Grenada County, Miss.  Bullins fired the shots that killed the shopkeeper; Pitchford, who w…

Supreme Court rules for Mississippi death row inmate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him.

US Supreme Court sides with death row inmate who claimed racial bias in ...

SCOTUS Reverses Mississippi Black Man’s Death Sentence, Ruling Jury Selection Was Racist

Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty After effectively gutting the Voting Rights Act and affirmative action based on the narrative that systemic racism in America is a thing of the past, the largely conservative U.S. Supreme Court has finally made a recent decision that puts it on the right side of history. Unfortunately, it took a tragic murder, a racist jury selection process and a man unjustly placed on death row as a teen for the Republican-leaning…

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

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him. By a 5-4 vote, the justices sided with Terry Pitchford, who was sentenced to death for his role in the killing of a grocery store owner. “In this case, whether due to confusion, oversight, an overly hurried jury selection process, or some other cause, things broke down,” Jus…