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NC judge's ruling opens door for death row prisoners to challenge cases due to racial bias
Bacote spent 15 years on death row before former Governor Roy Cooper commuted his sentence to life without parole in December ...
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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 ...
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Judge rules race did play a role in Hasson Bacote's sentencing
A superior court judge ruled Friday that race played a role in the trial and death sentence of Hasson Bacote. Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons Jr. heard two weeks of arguments in ...
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Racial Justice’s Second Act
The ruling in the first Racial Justice Act evidentiary hearing in more than a decade will have implications for the death ...
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 was sentenced to death in 2009.