The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to allow death row inmate Terry Pitchford to challenge his murder conviction over racial bias in jury selection.Justices found that Pitchford was denied the right to contest race-neutral justifications provided by prosecutors for excluding Black jurors in his 2006 trial.The case stems from a 2004 robbery where prosecutors led by Doug Evans allegedly used discriminatory tactics to form a predominantly white jury.Lower courts must now reconsider the conviction after this decision reinforces the protections established in the
Batson v. Kentucky precedent.