The Supreme Court has ruled for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him. By a 5-4 vote, the justices sided with Terry Pitchford, who was sentenced to death for his role in the killing of a grocery store owner. There was one Black juror in a trial with similarities to that of another Black man on Mississippi’s death row, whose conviction the high court overturned seven years ago. Doug Evans , a now-retired prosecutor with a history of dismissing Black jurors for discriminatory reasons, had excused four other Black people. The Supreme Court ruled 40 years ago in Batson v.…