{"id":68411,"date":"2026-03-04T02:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T02:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/supreme-court-decision-paves-way-for-new-trial-for-alabama-man-on-death-row-since-1990\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T02:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T02:06:12","slug":"supreme-court-decision-paves-way-for-new-trial-for-alabama-man-on-death-row-since-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/supreme-court-decision-paves-way-for-new-trial-for-alabama-man-on-death-row-since-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court decision paves way for new trial for Alabama man on death row since 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court has paved the way for one of Alabama&#8217;s longest-serving death row inmates to receive a new trial. On Monday, the court\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/search.aspx?filename=\/docket\/docketfiles\/html\/public\/25-558.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">declined to review<\/a>\u00a0the state&#8217;s appeal of a lower court ruling over the summer, which found that prosecutors in the original case violated the inmate&#8217;s rights by intentionally rejecting Black jurors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The decision to reject the summer ruling from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could allow Michael Sockwell, 63, to receive a new trial. He has been on Alabama&#8217;s death row since 1990.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We appreciate the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision. Michael has been denied his right to a fair trial for more than 35 years. We&#8217;ll continue to fight for his freedom,&#8221; Michael Rayfield, one of Sockwell&#8217;s lawyers, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Sockwell was convicted in 1990 of killing Montgomery County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy Isaiah Harris. Harris was shot in the face in 1988 on his way to work in what prosecutors described as a murder-for-hire arranged by Harris&#8217; wife.<\/p>\n<p>The appellate court in June issued a 2-1 opinion finding Alabama prosecutors violated Sockwell&#8217;s 14th Amendment rights by intentionally rejecting potential Black jurors believed to be more sympathetic to him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-left embed--size-small\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/03\/a8be04a1-80bd-45ad-aaa4-3ee1aaa8850d\/thumbnail\/620x726\/b5bda3ee66e92ed94f5cb79ca37d1068\/ap25182650564971.jpg#\" alt=\"Alabama Death Penalty Overturned \" height=\"726\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/03\/a8be04a1-80bd-45ad-aaa4-3ee1aaa8850d\/thumbnail\/620x726\/b5bda3ee66e92ed94f5cb79ca37d1068\/ap25182650564971.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/03\/a8be04a1-80bd-45ad-aaa4-3ee1aaa8850d\/thumbnail\/1240x1452\/53553770a501a33f44da994df2fb5d85\/ap25182650564971.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Michael Sockwell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Alabama Department of Corrections via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Judge Charles Wilson, who wrote the opinion, said Alabama prosecutors &#8220;repeatedly and purposefully&#8221; rejected qualified Black jurors in Sockwell&#8217;s case, CBS affiliate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whnt.com\/as-seen-on-19\/a-decades-old-montgomery-county-case-gets-a-retrial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WHNT<\/a> reported. Wilson cited records of Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Ellen Brooks striking a potential juror who was a Black man, according to the news station.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Attorney General&#8217;s Office sought a review of that decision but the petition was rejected by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge in November said prosecutors must take steps by March 18 to pursue a new trial or Sockwell should be released from prison. A spokeswoman for the Montgomery County District Attorney&#8217;s Office said Monday that the office intends to retry the case but declined additional comment.<\/p>\n<p>The jury that convicted Sockwell voted 7-5 to recommend that he receive life imprisonment, but a judge overrode that recommendation and handed down a death sentence. Alabama no longer allows judges to override a jury&#8217;s sentence decision in capital cases.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217; wife was convicted of capital murder; she was initially sentenced to death but that was later reduced to life in prison.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 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