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The Latest Breaking News from Terry Pitchford

A Death Row Case That Divided Kavanaugh and Gorsuch

Plus: Gordon Wood, RIP

Reason · Jun 9

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

Terry Pitchford, who was 18 when convicted of murder, argued that Black jurors were excluded from his trial

The Guardian - US · May 28

Supreme Court sides with Black death row inmate, ending 20-year legal battle over jury makeup

Pitchford was tried for capital murder and sentenced to death

The Independent UK · May 28

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Supreme Court appears likely to rule for Mississippi death row inmate over racial jury bias

The case has been making its way through the court system for 20 years

The Independent UK · Mar 31

US supreme court appears skeptical of jury process in racial bias death row case

Case involves a former prosecutor removing nearly all Black jurors in a 2006 capital murder trial, raising legal questions

The Guardian - US · Mar 31

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

The Independent UK · Mar 29

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

The Supreme Court has 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

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025

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