Supreme Court sides with Mississippi death row inmate in jury discrimination case

The Supreme Court held on Friday that a black Mississippi death row inmate should get a new trial, saying that the prosecutor who tried him six times for murder engaged in unconstitutional racial discrimination when striking African-American jurors from the panel.

The decision was 7-2, and was delivered by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who said black and white potential jurors are not treated equally by prosecutors.

"The State's relentless, determined effort to rid the jury of black individuals strongly suggests that the state wanted to try Flowers before a jury with...