About this episode
The episode discusses the case Pitchford v. Cain, focusing on the Mississippi Supreme Court's decision regarding racial bias in jury selection.
A case in which the Court will decide whether the Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably decided—under the standards set by federal habeas law—that Terry Pitchford gave up his right to argue that the prosecutor’s explanations for striking four Black jurors were false or racially biased?
Topics covered
- habeas law
- racial bias
- jury selection
- legal standards
- court decisions
Keywords
- Pitchford v. Cain
- Mississippi Supreme Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
- habeas corpus
- racial bias
- jury selection
- legal arguments
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Mississippi Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
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