Supreme Court to Hear Death Row Inmate’s Claim of Racial Bias in Jury Selection

A lower court found Terry Pitchford waived his right to claim discrimination.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear the appeal of a black Mississippi death row inmate who argues prosecutors discriminated against him by excluding black jurors from his trial.

The high court’s decision in Pitchford v. Cain on Dec. 15 took the form of an unsigned order. No justices dissented.