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Justice is (race)-blind — and the Supreme Court leads the way

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Defying the predictions of its left-wing critics, the US Supreme Court last week overturned the conviction and death sentence of a black man who’s spent 20 years on Mississippi’s death row.

In doing so, the justices nudged the nation another step closer toward color-blind justice.

In 2005 Terry Pitchford and Eric Bullins, then 18 and 16, robbed a store in Grenada County, Miss. 

Bullins fired the shots that killed the shopkeeper; Pitchford, who was carrying only a pellet gun, shot it into the floor. 

But Bullins took a plea deal, and because of his youth got 20 years in jail — while Pitchford stood trial and was condemned to death.

The Supreme Court ruled Pitchford was denied his right to a fair trial, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the 5-4 majority, explained why: During jury selection, the judge let the prosecutor exclude four black jurors without pressing him for credible, race-neutral reasons, or allowing the defense to do so.

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