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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 ...
Drug trafficker caught in Johnston County sentenced to prison
A South Carolina drug trafficker who was caught in Johnston County in 2023 was sentenced to six-and-half years in prison, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
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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Legacy of Smithfield Four lives on years after library desegregated: 'Challenged Jim Crow policies'
SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WTVD) -- Since she was 16 years old, Mary Cox Matthews has spent every moment by her late husband Frank J. Matthews' side. She was emotional as she stood in front of a historical ...
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 ...
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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Wake County Schools Consider Remote Learning Options
North Carolina's largest public school district is reconsidering the possibility of remote learning in lieu of canceling ...
Johnston County 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, ...
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 ...
Workers see lottery player ‘shaking and crying’ after he scratches ticket at NC store
It was Monday, Feb. 10, and Wilson made the realization while scratching off a $10 Jumbo Bucks ticket at Han-Dee Hugo’s at ...
NC schools still lag in math, reading after pandemic, but they outpace the nation
North Carolina's public schools are outpacing most of the nation in elementary and middle school math, a new national study ...