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 ...
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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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North Carolina Judge Rules Racial Bias Played a Role in Conviction of Black Man Who Spent 15 Years on Death Row
Judge ruled prosecutors unlawfully dismissed Black jurors in Hasson Bacote's death penalty case and used racist language like ...
A timeline of NC’s complicated legal battle over the 2024 Supreme Court election
Over two months since Election Day, the state has still not officially declared a winner and the race has been upended by protracted legal challenges.
South Carolina sets next execution date as inmate questions lethal injection doses
The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber ...
North Carolina judge finds racial bias in landmark death penalty case
The Racial Justice Act allowed people to challenge their death sentences if they could demonstrate race played a role in ...
Ruling in racial justice case could impact other NC death row inmates
The judge found race played a role in the death penalty case of Hasson Bacote. Their relationship is still going strong. The Trump administration evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from ...
Judge finds racial bias tainted jury selection in Black man's death row case
A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias ...
Race was ‘a significant factor’ in Johnston County death penalty case, NC judge rules
Attorneys for the state said they planned to appeal the superior court judge’s ruling to the NC Supreme Court.
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The revamped Superdome is set to host its 8th Super Bowl after half a century of memorable moments
NFL coach Sean Payton says he can't think of a major American sporting venue that has aged as well as the nearly 50-year-old Superdome.
Alabama death row inmate Demetrius Frazier’s final words revealed as he’s executed for 1991 murder
Demetrius Frazier became the fourth inmate in the US to be put to death by the method as he served his sentence for the 1991 ...
Eerie death row meal requests - from dirt and one olive to tin of spaghetti
Death Row inmates are given one final request before they die. The Mirror takes a look at the strangest and bizarre prison ...