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flag The U.S. Supreme Court will review whether Mississippi unfairly denied a Black death row inmate’s challenge to racial bias in jury selection.

flag The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Terry Pitchford, a Black death row inmate in Mississippi, over claims of racial bias in jury selection during his 2004 murder trial. flag The case centers on former prosecutor Doug Evans, who previously faced a 2019 Supreme Court ruling that overturned another death sentence due to a pattern of excluding Black jurors. flag In Pitchford’s trial, prosecutors used peremptory strikes to remove four Black prospective jurors, leaving only one on the final jury. flag A federal judge had overturned the conviction, citing insufficient opportunity to challenge the strikes, but an appeals court reversed that decision. flag The Supreme Court will examine whether the Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably ruled that Pitchford waived his right to contest the jury removals under the 1986 Batson standard, which prohibits race-based strikes. flag The case is expected to be argued in spring 2026.

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