A North Carolina Judge Just Acknowledged an Undeniable Truth: The Death Penalty Is Racist
Sermons made his ruling in the case of Hasson Bacote, who, as NBC News notes, was convicted of murder “along with two others ...
Top Republican supports increasing NC unemployment benefits, with a caution about the past
Increasing the amount of unemployment benefits received bipartisan support in a North Carolina House committee on Tuesday, ...
State senators file new bill to repeal death penalty in North Carolina
During Thursday’s general assembly session, three state senators introduced SB 94 with a short, direct title: Repeal Death Penalty. Senators Natalie S. Murdock ...
Gov. Stein talks Trump cuts, NC pushback and Musk’s ‘move fast and break things’ mindset
The North Carolina governor spoke with The News & Observer on Tuesday about the first three weeks of the new Trump ...
NC’s new governor: Why Stein and other top leaders may have fewer chances to talk to each other
Democratic Gov. Josh Stein ran his first Council of State meeting on Tuesday, shifting two chairs up to the head of the ...
State senate file bill to repeal NC death penalty
Senators Julie Mayfield (D-District 49), Graig Meyer (D-District 23) and Natalie Murdock (D-District 20) were the primary sponsors of the bill that looks to repeal the death penalty in North Carolina ...
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NC judge's ruling opens door for death row prisoners to challenge cases due to racial bias
Bacote spent 15 years on death row before former Governor Roy Cooper commuted his sentence to life without parole in December ...
Black Man's Compromised Capital Trial Could Lead To North Carolina Death Row Inmates Being Resentenced
North Carolina death row inmates may be eligible for resentencing if it is determined that a Black defendant's trial was ...
Settlement reached in mill town’s multi-million dollar lawsuit
When he was North Carolina’s attorney general, Josh Stein said Pactiv Evergreen could not be allowed to cut and “run away ...
Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial ...
Raleigh traffic shift: 2-year passenger rail project to change traffic patterns
A traffic shift in north Raleigh is related to work on a passenger rail project and is expected to remain in place until ...
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Eastern storm cuts power to tens of thousands as California braces for flooding
Heavy snow and freezing rain caused hundreds of crashes in Virginia and left tens of thousands of residents in the dark as ...