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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Sherman

Supreme Court will hear appeal of Black death row inmate over racial bias in Mississippi jury makeup

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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a prosecutor with a history of dismissing Black jurors for discriminatory reasons.

A federal judge had previously overturned the murder conviction of the inmate, Terry Pitchford, but an appeals court reversed that ruling.

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