Divided Supreme Court Overturns State Death Row Conviction

own admonitions, to issue a judgment that AEDPA precludes

Respectfully, I dissent. ”

The case centers on a brutal 2004 robbery-murder at a grocery store in Grenada, Miss.

Pitchford, then 18, and 16-year-old accomplice Eric Bullins carried out the crime.

Bullins, a juvenile, received a 20 year sentence

Bullins, a juvenile, received a 20-year sentence. Pitchford continue reading …