SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty ...

A Johnston County judge ruled Friday that race was ... In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death penalty ...

The court also removed his law enforcement certification. The court also said Johnson will be removed from the Johnston County Board of Education with the finding of corruption. The board plans to ...

Johnston County school board member Ronald Johnson ... I got your back,’” Johnson said in court. Johnson was a Smithfield police officer at the time the alleged scheme took place.

Ronald Johnson, an embattled Johnston County school board member ... On Friday, Superior Court Judge Joseph Crosswhite sentenced Johnson to 6 to 17 months in prison on the felony extortion ...

A South Carolina man who was part of a large drug trafficking organization (DTO) moving kilogram quantities of cocaine in the United States was sentenced to 78 months in prison. On ...

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Ronald Johnson is shown on the witness stand during his trial in Johnston County Court. Photo by John Payne Johnson had been on trial for two weeks charged with obstruction of justice and the willful ...