Judge finds racial bias tainted jury selection in Black man's death row case
A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias ...
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized
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Norma Jennings sworn in as New York State’s first Black LGBTQ+ Civil Court judge
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Segregation was an impetus for me. It was my life. It's my lived experience,” said Ninth Circuit Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. “No one can take that away because I lived it, and it's my story. And we can't ...
Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who ...
Trademark name of White hate group 'Proud Boys' now belongs to Black church
A judge granted ownership of the "Proud Boys" trademarked name to a Black church the racist group in 2020 had vandalized, ...
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Judge finds racial bias tainted jury selection in Black man's death row case
A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital ... a Black man who was sentenced to death in 2009 by 10 white and two Black jurors for his role in a felony murder. Bacote’s is ...