Divided Supreme Court Overturns State Death Row Conviction

Dissenting were Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett, who argued that the lower courts had properly handled the case and that the conviction should have remained intact

At the heart of the case is a dispute over jury selection procedures and the Supreme Court’s longstanding precedent in Batson v. Kentucky, the 1986 ruling that prohibits prosecutors from using peremptory strikes to remove potential jurors solely because of their race.