Supreme Court seems likely to rule for a Black death row inmate in Mississippi

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to rule for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him. The justices took up an appeal from Terry Pitchford in a case with similarities to that of another Black man on Mississippi’s death row, whose conviction the high court overturned seven years ago. The jury that sentenced Pitchford to death for his role in the killing of a grocery store owner in northern M