Black Enterprise5d
Black Man’s Compromised Capital Trial Could Lead To North Carolina Death Row Inmates Being Resentenced
North Carolina death row inmates may be eligible for resentencing after Hasson Bacote's victory last week. Death row inmates across North Carolina may be eligible for resentencing after a judge ...
Yahoo News6d
Johnston County judge finds death sentences influenced by racial discrimination: Court Documents
SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, influencing the makeup of the jury along with the ...
WGHP4d
North Carolina judge finds death sentences influenced by racial discrimination
SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, influencing the makeup of the jury along with ...
Arizona Daily Sun6d
Judge finds racial bias in death penalty case
On Feb. 7, a North Carolina judge ruled in a landmark case that race played a key role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, a Black man who challenged his death sentence under the Racial ...
Rocky Mount Telegram5d
Judge says racial bias tainted death sentence, jury selection in 2009 trial
SMITHFIELD — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ruled Friday ...
The Daily Reflector6d
Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence, judge says
SMITHFIELD — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ruled on ...