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 ...
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Race was ‘a significant factor’ in Johnston County death penalty case, NC judge rules
A Johnston County judge ruled Friday that ... the number of death-penalty cases in the state. North Carolina has not executed a death row inmate since 2006. Observer file More than 100 of the ...
Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
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 Friday, part of what he ...
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Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
None of those Black inmates in Johnston County have been executed, and North Carolina has not carried out an execution since 2006. The judge said race was a “significant factor” in the ...
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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 ...