Published Mar 29, 2026, 8:14 AM ET · Updated 7 months ago · 1 source
Some familiar names to the Supreme Court in a death row case over racial bias in jury makeup
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Certain names will be familiar to the Supreme Court in the latest case involving a Black death row inmate from Mississippi, with arguments set for Tuesday. Doug Evans, a now-retired prosecutor with a history of dismissing Black jurors for discriminatory reasons, knocked all but one Black person off the jury that tried and convicted Terry Pitchford. Judge Joseph Loper allowed it to happen. The state Supreme Court upheld the conviction. Just seven years ago, in a case involving t