On Friday, a judge said race did play a role in the trial and death sentence of Hasson Bacote. Bacote was previously sentenced to death for the 2007 death of Anthony Surles during a robbery attempt.

Hasson Bacote was sentenced to death in 2009 by a jury of 10 white jurors and two Black jurors for his involvement in a felony murder. Bacote’s case may now challenge the extent of the 2009 ...

Hasson Bacote, a Black man from North Carolina, was sentenced to death following a murder in Johnston County in 2007 during a robbery. Bacote is challenging his death sentence under the state's ...

Hasson Bacote, a Black man from Johnston County, was sentenced to death in 2009. He is challenging his death sentence under the state's Racial Justice Act, arguing that race played a role in jury ...

According to NBC News, Hasson Bacote was convicted on a first-degree charge of murder for the 2007 shooting death of an 18-year-old man during a home robbery attempt. The jury that convicted him ...

Lawyers for Hasson Bacote, a Black man sentenced to death for his role in a 2007 robbery and murder in Johnston County told a judge Wednesday, "If you're a Black man, you will be sentenced to death.

RALEIGH, NC – The American Civil Liberties Union, the Legal Defense Fund, the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, and attorney Jay Ferguson praised North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper for commuting the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. – Attorneys delivered closing arguments today in North Carolina v.Hasson Bacote, a landmark case filed under North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act that could affect more than 100 people on ...

Hasson Bacote was charged with murder when he was 21 years old and sentenced to death in 2009. Fifteen years later, lawyers are arguing on his behalf that racial bias led to his death sentence.