Supreme Court rules 5-4 in Pitchford v. Cain: Mississippi court unreasonably denied defendant chance to rebut race-neutral reasons for striking Black jurors
In Pitchford v. Cain, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably found the defendant waived his right to rebut the prosecution's race-neutral reasons for striking four black prospective jurors.
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