A recent NC Newsline Opinion Commentary by Dannel Malloy, the former governor of Connecticut and now Chancellor of the ...

After years of legal wrangling over the scope of the law, Hasson Bacote’s case was the first in which Racial Justice Act petitioners were actually afforded the opportunity to present witnesses.

After years of legal wrangling over the scope of the law, Hasson Bacote’s case was the first in which Racial Justice Act petitioners were actually afforded the opportunity to present witnesses.

When Bloomfield lost its first-round state playoff game last year, Talan Bacote pointed a finger of blame inward and then made a promise to a broader audience. “We lost in the first round (to ...

WASHINGTON – In a major win for due process, the U.S. Supreme Court today granted Richard Glossip, a man on Oklahoma’s death row, a new trial and a chance to be fully exonerated. Richard Glossip was ...

"Anything new to Atlanta or the Black community, you had to kind of run it by Lottie Watkins and get her advice," Kelli Bacote Ross, Jackson's sister said. Joyce Bacote, Watkins' daughter agreed ...

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SMITHFIELD, NC – Johnston County Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons last week ruled “race was a significant factor in both jury selection and the decision to impose death in the case of Hasson ...

A judge ruled on Friday that race played a role in the case of Hasson Bacote. Attorneys representing him say the evidence is overwhelming. During his ruling, Judge Wayland Sermons said ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — 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 ...