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 ...
Race was ‘a significant factor’ in Johnston County death penalty case, NC judge rules
In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...
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 ...
South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won't ask for clemency
A lawyer for a South Carolina death row inmate says he won't ask the governor for clemency. Marion Bowman Jr.'s decision came ...
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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South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won't ask for clemency
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided ... more than half of his life on death row. He cannot in good conscience ...
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NC judge's ruling opens door for death row prisoners to challenge cases due to racial bias
A legal decision being handed down in Johnston County could have big impacts for more than 100 prisoners currently on death row in North Carolina. A judge is expected to rule in the case of Hasson ...
South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September
South Carolina has has put a third inmate to death in four months as it goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted ...
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South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won’t ask for clemency
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided not to ask the governor for clemency, saying he didn’t want to spend the ...