After years of legal wrangling over the scope of the law, Hasson Bacote’s case was the first in which Racial Justice Act petitioners were actually afforded the opportunity to present witnesses.

SAN FRANCISCO — Art Schallock, a left-handed pitcher who in 1951 replaced future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle on the Yankees' roster and had been the oldest living former major leaguer ...

When Bloomfield lost its first-round state playoff game last year, Talan Bacote pointed a finger of blame inward and then made a promise to a broader audience. “We lost in the first round (to ...

WASHINGTON – In a major win for due process, the U.S. Supreme Court today granted Richard Glossip, a man on Oklahoma’s death row, a new trial and a chance to be fully exonerated. Richard Glossip was ...

In an ode to Watkins, Portrait Coffee hangs art featuring the local icon ... of run it by Lottie Watkins and get her advice," Kelli Bacote Ross, Jackson's sister said. Joyce Bacote, Watkins ...

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Vincent Bacote is professor of theology at Wheaton College and director of the school’s Center for Applied Christian Ethics.

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SMITHFIELD, NC – Johnston County Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons last week ruled “race was a significant factor in both jury selection and the decision to impose death in the case of Hasson ...

A judge ruled on Friday that race played a role in the case of Hasson Bacote. Attorneys representing him say the evidence is overwhelming. During his ruling, Judge Wayland Sermons said ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — 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 ...