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Mother Jones - 1 hour 1 min agoRepublican attempts to erase Black representation in the wake of the Supreme Court's destruction of the Voting Rights Act have hit a few roadblocks in recent days. A federal court found that Alabama's map, green-lit by the Roberts Court, intentionally discriminated against Black voters and blocked it for November. And the state senate in South […]...
What was Brett Kavanaugh thinking of when he argued that the league shouldn't face justice in court? Not history.
This live blog is now closed. Sign up to the Breaking News US email In one of the opinions shared by the Supreme Court Thursday morning, the Court has ruled in favor of a Black man who claims that there was racial bias in the make up of the jury that convicted him . In Pitchford v Cain , five of the Court's justices sided with Terry Pitchford , a man sentenced to death for his part in killing a grocery story owner in Mississippi, over 20 years ago, reported AP. Trump v Cook: Donald Trump's...
Convicted "hell on wheels" killer Mackenzie Shirilla is taking a last-ditch fight to the Ohio Supreme Court, claiming unexamined medical evidence proves she may have blacked out before the horrific crash.
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the victim of a "swatting" call Wednesday night at her Virginia home, according to local police. Police radio traffic shows law enforcement received a call for "suspicious noise of gunshots" at Barrett's suburban Virginia address. The dispatcher warned responding officers shortly afterward that a "high priority resident of the county" lived there and the report may not be authentic. When reached for comment, Fairfax County....
Mackenzie Shirilla's taking her conviction to the highest court in Ohio ... asking the state's supreme court to take another look at her double murder rap. Shirilla's lawyers filed the appeal paperwork back in April, according to reports ...…...
Slate - 17 hours 8 min agoThe Supreme Court issued a surprisingly good decision in a racial jury-selection case on Thursday.
An apparent "swatting" incident targeted the residence of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday night, Fairfax County Police said Thursday.
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was targeted in a swatting incident at her Falls Church, Virginia, home Wednesday evening, police confirmed.
Daily Signal - 19 hours 29 min agoThe Fairfax County Police Department in northern Virginia is investigating a swatting call at the residence of Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett Wednesday night. “Yesterday evening at approximately 9:02 p.m., officers responded to a swatting call at the residence of U.S. Supreme Court Justice in Fairfax County,” the department’s public information officer told...
The Supreme Court decision means that Mr. Pitchford, 40, who has served death row for more than 20 years, is entitled to a new trial.
The Supreme Court agreed with a lower court's ruling that a Mississippi man's conviction and death penalty must be overturned for racial bias.
A court building in Amsterdam. The North Dakota Supreme Court this month barred Greenpeace International from making claims against Energy Transfer in a Dutch countersuit.
Another swatting incident targets Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, raising domestic terrorism concerns.
Terry Pitchford, on death row for a murder conviction, argued that Black jurors were excluded from his trial Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US supreme court on Thursday ruled in favor of Terry Pitchford, a Black man convicted of capital murder and on death row in Mississippi , who claimed that his conviction was due to the jury having racial bias. The justices sided with Pitchford in a 5-4 vote. Continue reading...
In a case that raised questions about racial bias in the criminal justice system, the Supreme Court threw out the murder conviction of a Black death row inmate in Mississippi.
Pitchford was tried for capital murder and sentenced to death...
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