North Carolina judge finds race played role in Black man’s death row sentencing | North Carolina
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 13, 2025
On Friday, a North Carolina superior court judge ruled that race played a distinct role in jury selection for Hasson Bacote, a 38-year-old man who spent 15 years on death row before his sentence was commuted to life in prison last December.
Bacote was sentenced to death in . . .