Supreme Court sides with death row inmate in challenge to racial . . . Quoting a 2019 opinion in which the court threw out the conviction of Mississippi inmate Curtis Flowers in a case that involved the same prosecutor, Kavanaugh acknowledged that “‘America’s trial judges operate at the front lines of American justice’ and ‘the job of enforcing’” the Supreme Court’s 1986 decision in Batson v
Supreme Court Overturns Mississippi Death Sentence in Landmark Jury . . . In a critical decision for the legal landscape surrounding racial discrimination in jury selection, the U S Supreme Court has overturned the conviction and death sentence of Terry Pitchford, a Mississippi man, citing constitutional violations By a narrow 5-4 margin in Pitchford v Cain, Justice Brett Kavanaugh led the majority, supported by Chief Justice John Roberts…
Supreme Court sides with Miss. death row inmate over jury bias claims By Mark Sherman Associated Press 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