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North Carolina judge finds racial bias in death penalty in landmark case
A North Carolina judge rules that race played an impermissible role in jury selection for a Black man, challenging his death sentence.
The Charlotte Post2d
A reckoning for race bias in NC death penalty cases
Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermon found race played a major role in the prosecution and sentencing of Hasson Bacote to the death penalty in 2009. Gov. Roy Cooper granted Bacote clemency on Dec. 31, ...
North Carolina judge finds death sentences influenced by racial discrimination
On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, ...
North Carolina judge finds death sentences influenced by racial discrimination: Court Documents
On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, ...
Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who ...
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North Carolina Judge Rules Racial Bias Played a Role in Conviction of Black Man Who Spent 15 Years on Death Row
Judge ruled prosecutors unlawfully dismissed Black jurors in Hasson Bacote's death penalty case and used racist language like ...
North Carolina judge finds racial bias in landmark death penalty case
The Racial Justice Act allowed people to challenge their death sentences if they could demonstrate race played a role in ...
Ruling in racial justice case could impact other NC death row inmates
The judge found race played a role in the death penalty case of Hasson Bacote. Their relationship is still going strong. The Trump administration evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from ...
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ACLU Urges Utah Supreme Court to Allow People on Death Row to Challenge Execution Methods
SALT LAKE CITY — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Utah filed an amicus brief in the Utah Supreme Court today urging the court to uphold the Utah Constitution’s protection against ...