SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, influencing the makeup of the jury along with the ...

JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A legal decision handed down in Johnston County could have big impacts for more than 100 prisoners currently on death row in North Carolina. A judge ruled on Friday ...

A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias during jury selection, potentially opening the door to death row inmates ...

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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 ...

BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — A federal judge in Buffalo has ruled that a hearing ... the Tops supermarket on Jefferson Avenue, will face the death penalty. Outside Federal Court in downtown Buffalo.

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 ...

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 ...

Thursday afternoon, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement paying tribute to McCaskey and her contributions to the sport during her life. “Virginia Halas McCaskey, the matriarch of ...