TL;DR: The details of Pitchford v. Cain bear a striking resemblance to issues Kavanaugh saw in his 1989 law review note on Batson challenges Pitchford's trial and Batson challenges Terry Pitchford, a black man, was tried for the 2004 capital murder of Reuben Britt, a store owner, in Mississippi. He planned the robbery, supplied the guns, and fired ratshot from his gun at one point (though his target was disputed). While his 16 year old accomplice fired the fatal shots, the jury concluded that Pitchford "actually killed", "attempted to kill", and "contemplated that lethal force would be employed", leading to a death penalty sentence. However, the jury selection was a bit of a mess. The prosecution was led by Doug Evans, an elected DA who was famous for prosecuting Curtis Flowers six times and using peremp­to­ry strikes on blacks at near­ly 4½ times the rate of whites.…