Supreme Court sides with Black death row inmate who alleged discrimination

Ajouté : 2026-06-02

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Pitchford v. Cain that prosecutors cannot use peremptory strikes to exclude potential jurors based on race, upholding the Batson v. Kentucky precedent and finding that Mississippi prosecutors' exclusion of four Black jurors during jury selection for a death penalty case constituted racial discrimination.