Hasson Bacote, a Black man from Johnston County, was sentenced to death in 2009. He is challenging his death sentence under the state’s Racial Justice Act, arguing that race played a role in jury selection.
Source: WRAL News
NC man fights death sentence; closing arguments to begin in racial justice case
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