SCOTUS weighs racial bias in Mississippi jury selections in death-row case

Mississippi death-row inmate Terry Pitchford appeals to the Supreme Court over claims that prosecutor Doug Evans selectively struck Black jurors in his 2004 capital-murder trial; the case ties to earlier scrutiny of Evans in the Curtis Flowers matter and tests whether defense objections and state-court review were adequate, with potential outcomes including retrial or release if race-based jury discrimination is proven.