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 ...
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Racial Bias Tainted Jury Selection and Death Sentence for a Black Man in North Carolina, Judge Says
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 ...
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Hiker finds human skull in Cherokee County, North Carolina
A hiker found a human skull in a wooded area of Cherokee County, North Carolina, according to the sheriff's office.
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North Carolina Judge Finds Racial Bias in Death Penalty in Landmark Case
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 ...
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North Carolina judge finds death sentences influenced by racial discrimination
“This decision is a damning indictment of the death penalty and should serve as a call for every North Carolina death sentence to be reexamined. North Carolina must never carry out another ...
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Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
SMITHFIELD, N.C. — 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 ruled on ...
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Helene death toll rises to 105 in North Carolina
The number of fatalities related to Tropical Storm Helene has risen to 105, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Jan. 29. The additional death occurred in Buncombe ...