Black Death Row Inmates

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Judge finds racial bias tainted jury selection in Black man's death row case

A North Carolina judge is expected to rule Friday on whether a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias during jury selection, potentially opening the door to death row inmates throughout the state getting resentenced.

The Associated Press on MSN · 21h

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 was sentenced to death in 2009.

Latin Times on MSN · 1d

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 "thug" and "predators of the African plain."

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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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As South Carolina begins executions in 2025, who's the next person set to be put to death?

A Branchville man convicted of murder in Dorchester County is scheduled to die Jan. 31 after the court allowed a pause in ...

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South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won't ask for clemency

COLUMBIA, S.C. — After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided not ... more than half of his life on death row. He cannot in good conscience ...

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