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Terry Pitchford, Petitioner v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. *** capital case ***

  1. March 31, 2026

    Bias Challenge To Juror Strike Wasn't Waived, Justices Told

    A Black man on Mississippi's death row told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that state courts failed to properly address his objections to the prosecution's peremptory juror strikes at his 2006 trial, which he said were racially motivated.

  2. March 27, 2026

    Up Next At High Court: Birthright Citizenship, Arbitration

    The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its March oral arguments session by hearing a nationwide class's blockbuster challenge to President Donald Trump's limited view of birthright citizenship, as well as a dispute over federal courts' authority to confirm or vacate arbitration awards in cases they've formerly overseen.

  3. December 15, 2025

    High Court Will Review Racial Bias In Miss. Jury Strikes

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear its second case involving the same Mississippi prosecutor's peremptory strikes of Black prospective jurors in a Black defendant's death penalty case — and the same state judge's approval of those strikes.

  4. October 03, 2025

    High Court Asked To Review Racial Bias In Miss. Jury Strikes

    It wasn't until after he endured six capital murder trials tainted by racial prejudice that Curtis Flowers, a Black Mississippian, was finally exonerated, had the charges against him dismissed and his name cleared.