In addition to the problems that prejudiced Bacote's trial, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons Jr. found that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in other Johnston County cases.
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Johnelle Davis has found his groove in the past three games as the Arkansas Razorbacks are on a two-game SEC win streak, both on the road, at Kentucky and Texas. Davis was a highly recruited ...
Prosecutors in the trial of Chelsea striker Sam Kerr, who called a police officer "stupid and white", have asked the jury if perceptions would be different had she said "stupid and black".
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 ...