Feb 21, 2024 · Hasson Bacote was sentenced to death in a Johnston County courtroom in April 2009. As a Black man in a deeply segregated county with a history of racial terror, Bacote’s fate was all but sealed well before the jury issued his death sentence.

4 days ago · On Friday, a judge said race did play a role in the trial and death sentence of Hasson Bacote. Bacote was previously sentenced to death for the 2007 death of Anthony Surles during a robbery attempt.

Dec 31, 2024 · Hasson Bacote, 38, of Raleigh convicted in Johnston County Superior Court in 2009. Bacote was convicted and sentenced to death for the shooting death of 18 year-old Anthony Surles of Selma. Surles was a Smithfield Selma High student.

Hasson Bacote, a Black man from Johnston County, North Carolina, filed for relief under the RJA in 2010. In Johnston County, every Black person who has faced a capital jury has been sentenced to death.

4 days ago · 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 won’t make a legal difference for Bacote. ... “Butler did not strike white jurors who expressed similar reservations, in some cases with nearly ...

4 days ago · North Carolina inmate Hasson Bacote was sentenced to death in 2009 by a nearly all-white jury. A hearing last year focused on claims of racial discrimination in capital cases. IE 11 is not supported.

4 days ago · On Dec. 31, 2024, former Gov. Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row, including Hasson Bacote. Even though Bacote was already resentenced to life without parole, the judge issued a ruling in his case because of its importance for the 100-plus people with pending RJA claims.

Jun 27, 2024 · Enter, Hasson Bacote: the first person on North Carolina’s death row to have his RJA appeal heard since the court’s 2020 ruling. 12 Mr. Bacote, a Black man, was sentenced to death on April 9, 2009 in Johnston County after being convicted under North Carolina’s felony murder law. 13 According to court filings in Mr. Bacote’s case, his ...

Jun 28, 2023 · Hasson Bacote is a Black man from Johnston County, North Carolina, sentenced to death for his role in a felony murder that occurred when he was 21 years old. Mr. Bacote is one of only eleven individuals—all people of color—sentenced to death in North Carolina based on the felony murder doctrine.

Mar 14, 2024 · On Friday, March 8, 2024 a Johnston County tri­al court con­clud­ed a his­toric hear­ing regard­ing the claims of Hasson Bacote, a death-sen­tenced pris­on­er in North Carolina, that racial dis­crim­i­na­tion in jury selec­tion played a role in his 2009 cap­i­tal sen­tenc­ing.