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The Guardian - US
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Adria R Walker

Supreme court sides with Mississippi man on death row in racial bias case

The US supreme court building
US supreme court justices sided with Pitchford in a 5-4 decision. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

The US supreme court on Thursday ruled in favor of Terry Pitchford, a Black man convicted of capital murder and on death row in Mississippi, who claimed that his conviction was due to the jury having racial bias.

The justices sided with Pitchford in a 5-4 vote.

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