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Racial Bias in Jury Selection Could Resentence 122 North Carolina Death Row Inmates
A North Carolina judge ruled that racial bias during jury selection in Hasson Bacote's 2009 capital trial violated the Racial Justice Act of 2009, potentially leading to resentencing for over 122 death row inmates; the governor commuted Bacote's sentence to life imprisonment.
Racial Bias in Jury Selection Could Resentence 122 North Carolina Death Row Inmates
A North Carolina judge ruled that racial bias during jury selection in Hasson Bacote's 2009 capital trial violated the Racial Justice Act of 2009, potentially leading to resentencing for over 122 death row inmates; the governor commuted Bacote's sentence to life imprisonment.
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