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Supreme court sides with Mississippi man on death row in racial bias case
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Terry Pitchford, a Black man on death row in Mississippi, in a case alleging racial bias during his trial. Pitchford, who was 18 when convicted of capital murder, argued that Black jurors were excluded from his jury.
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