A North Carolina Judge Just Acknowledged an Undeniable Truth: The Death Penalty Is Racist
Sermons made his ruling in the case of Hasson Bacote, who, as NBC News notes, was convicted of murder “along with two others ...
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Race Plays Key Role in Death Sentences in North Carolina
In 2009, Bacote, a Black man, was sentenced to death and challenged his conviction using the RJA, arguing racial bias influenced the jury selection in his case along with all death penalty cases ...
State senators file new bill to repeal death penalty in North Carolina
During Thursday’s general assembly session, three state senators introduced SB 94 with a short, direct title: Repeal Death Penalty. Senators Natalie S. Murdock ...
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A reckoning for race bias in NC death penalty cases
Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermon found race played a major role in the prosecution and sentencing of Hasson Bacote to the death penalty in 2009. Gov. Roy Cooper granted Bacote clemency on Dec. 31, ...
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Racial Justice’s Second Act
The ruling in the first Racial Justice Act evidentiary hearing in more than a decade will have implications for the death ...
Black Man’s Compromised Capital Trial Could Lead To North Carolina Death Row Inmates Being Resentenced
Death row inmates in North Carolina may be resentenced after a judge ruled last week that Hasson Bacote's capital trial was ...
North Carolina judge finds death sentences influenced by racial discrimination
On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, ...
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Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence, judge says
Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial ...
North Carolina judge finds death sentences influenced by racial discrimination: Court Documents
On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, ...
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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 ...