U.S. top court wrestles with black death row inmate's jury claim

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court struggled on Monday over how to resolve an appeal by a black Georgia death row inmate convicted of murdering an elderly white woman in a 1987 trial in which he contends prosecutors unlawfully excluded black jury candidates. It is possible the court will not immediately decide the case because of technical legal questions about how Georgia state courts handled it. But a majority...