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Supreme Court rules for Black death row inmate over jury's racial makeup
By a 5-4 vote, the justices sided with Terry Pitchford, who was sentenced to death for his role in the killing of a grocery store owner.
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Supreme Court sides with death-row inmate who alleged racial bias in jury selection
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In a case that raised questions about racial bias in the criminal justice system, the Supreme Court threw out the murder conviction of a Black death row inmate in Mississippi.
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Supreme Court Rules for Death-Row Inmate Who Alleged Racial Bias at Trial
The reprieve for the Mississippi defendant split the high court’s conservatives.
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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 trialSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe US supreme court on Thursday ruled in favor of Terry Pitchford, a Black man convicted of capital murder and on death row in Mississippi, who claimed that his conviction was due to the jury having racial bias.The justices sided with Pitchford in a 5-4 vote. Continue reading...
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Supreme Court sides with Black death row inmate who alleged discrimination
The Supreme Court divided 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joining the three liberal justices in the majority.
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Washington Examiner
Watchdogs file civil rights complaint against Oregon over racial quotas in school funding policies
EXCLUSIVE — Two education watchdogs, Defending Education and Do No Harm, filed a joint complaint with the Justice Department’s Office of Civil Rights on Thursday, alleging that Oregon has illegally considered race in its education funding policies. The Oregon Department of Education requires that 65% of a charter school’s student body be from a minority […]
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North Carolina Court Rules Democrat State Board Violated the State Constitution by Allowing ‘Never Residents’ to Vote in Federal Elections
The Republican National Committee is celebrating a major victory for clean elections after a Wake County Superior Court judge ruled that North Carolina’s State Board of Elections violated the state constitution by letting people who have never lived in the Tar Heel State cast ballots in federal elections. The post North Carolina Court Rules Democrat State Board Violated the State Constitution by Allowing ‘Never Residents’ to Vote in Federal Elections appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Ex-CIA official arrested by the FBI for possession of $40 million in gold bars allegedly stolen from work
A senior former CIA official was arrested by the FBI last week after he was found to be in possession of $40 million worth of gold bars […]
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Today in Supreme Court History: May 28, 1906
5/28/1906: Justice Henry Billings Brown retired. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 28, 1906 appeared first on Reason.com.
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