How a Prisoner Ended Up Alone in Court in a Death Penalty Case

The episode at the war court alarmed death penalty lawyers, who argued that the judge had a duty to suspend the proceedings ...

Supreme Court rules for Black death row inmate from Mississippi over racial bias in makeup of jury

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.
Los Angeles Business Journal

Liability in Court Death Is a Security Issue

Cecil Mills’ phone rang with another report of an arrest in Los Angeles Superior Court. This time, someone had tried to smuggle a 14-inch World War I fighting knife into the Los Angeles County ...
SCOTUSblog

Supreme Court sides with death row inmate in challenge to racial discrimination in jury selection

The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a Mississippi man’s conviction and death sentence. By a vote of 5-4, the court in Pitchford v. Cain agreed with Terry Pitchford that the judge at his 2006 trial ...