Hasson Bacote was among a group of 15 death row inmates whose sentences were commuted to life without parole last year by Gov. Roy Cooper in one of his final acts in office. That means the ruling ...

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 ...

A Johnston County judge ruled Friday that race was “a significant factor” in the jury selection and sentencing of Hasson Bacote, a Black man who was sentenced to death in 2009 and who was ...

RALEIGH, N.C. – In a landmark case, a North Carolina judge ruled today that race played an impermissible role in jury selection for Hasson Bacote, a Black man who challenged his death sentence under ...

Racial Bias Tainted Jury Selection and Death Sentence for a Black Man in North Carolina, Judge Says SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury ...