美国最高法院将审查密西西比是否不公平地否认黑人死囚对陪审团选择中的种族偏见的质疑。 The U.S. Supreme Court will review whether Mississippi unfairly denied a Black death row inmate’s challenge to racial bias in jury selection.

美国最高法院将审理密西西比黑人死囚Terry Pitchford在2004年谋杀案审判中因陪审团选择中的种族偏见而提出的上诉。 The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Terry Pitchford, a Black death row inmate in Mississippi, over claims of racial bias in jury selection during his 2004 murder trial. 前检察官Doug Evans曾面临最高法院2019年的裁决, 由于将黑人陪审员排除在外, 推翻了另一项死刑判决。 The case centers on former prosecutor Doug Evans, who previously faced a 2019 Supreme Court ruling that overturned another death sentence due to a pattern of excluding Black jurors. 在Pitchford的审判中,检察官采用强制性罢工来撤除四名黑人未来陪审员,最后陪审团中只剩下一名陪审员。 In Pitchford’s trial, prosecutors used peremptory strikes to remove four Black prospective jurors, leaving only one on the final jury. 一名联邦法官推翻了定罪,称没有足够的机会对罢工提出质疑,但上诉法院推翻了这一决定。 A federal judge had overturned the conviction, citing insufficient opportunity to challenge the strikes, but an appeals court reversed that decision. 最高法院将审查密西西比最高法院是否不合理地裁定,Pitchford根据1986年禁止基于种族的罢工的Batson标准,放弃了对陪审团驱逐提出异议的权利。 The Supreme Court will examine whether the Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably ruled that Pitchford waived his right to contest the jury removals under the 1986 Batson standard, which prohibits race-based strikes. 该案预计将在2026年春季进行辩论。 The case is expected to be argued in spring 2026.