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 called “glaring” patterns of bias in a prosecutorial district outside the capital. Hasson Bacote was among a group of 15 death row inmates whose sentences were commuted to life without parole last year by Gov. Roy Cooper in one of his final acts in office.
Breaking
'The use of a § 501(c)(4) entity to channel large-scale electoral spending — particularly when paired with materially incomplete federal reporting — constitutes an abuse of the social welfare form'...
Experts say a seemingly innocent bar practice creates contamination risks, loss of traceability and opens doors to fraud including watering down or substituting cheaper alcohol....
AI dating becomes reality as Eva AI hosts dating cafe in Hell's Kitchen where guests brought virtual partners on tablets for candlelit conversations....
loading...